RIOTS IN MELBOURNE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 269, 10 November 1923, Page 7

RIOTS IN MELBOURNE.

FOUR CONSTABLES SHOT. SPORADIC RECRUDESCENCE. FILMS OF RIOTS BARRED. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 11 a.m.) , MELBOURNE, this day. Another outbreak occurred last night, four constables being shot. The affray occurred about 10.30 in Spencer Street, West Melbourne. A dozen car unite of the Hying patrol were returning to the depot at the time, when a halt was called. As the cars were moving off again pellets showered through the hood of the rear car, two constables sustaining minor wounds. A third was shot in the head, and the driver whs shot in the iback. After treatment at the hospital the four victims were taken to their homes. Federal authorities prohibited the export of films showing Melbourne rioting, which (intended for other countries) would be shown to the detriment of Australia. — (A. and N.Z. Cable.) PUBLIC SAFETY BILL. MELBOURNE, November 0. The Victorian Legislative Assembly, after a 27 hours' continuous sitting, passed the Public *Safety Bill. The only essential amendment was a new clause moved by the Premier (Mr. 11. S. \V. Lawson) providing that nothing contained in the bill should be regarded as giving the Government the right to impose industrial conscription. No new developments are reported in the police strike. All the interest is now centred on the next move of the industrial organisations.— (A. and N.Z.)