UNEMPLOYED EVICTED
STRANGE SCENE IN MELBOURNE COMMUNITY BROKEN UP. (United Press Association—Copyright). MELBOURNE, August 8. Ninctyfive single unemployed men, who had taken possession of a terrace of two-storeyed houses in East Melbourne, were unceremoniously evicted by the nolice organised on military lines to-day. A lively scrimmage ensued but nobody was hurt. The men’s beds and cooking utensils were strewn cn the footpaths. A large crowd looked on. but was kept at a safe distance by .the police. The men had been in possession of the houses for more than a year. They had removed the dividing fences and lived on community lines. They paid no rent, hut had made an honest effort to keen the places clean.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 255, 9 August 1933, Page 5
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