GRAVESIDE SCENE.
Popular Hymn Sung by Women
Drowns "Red Flag."
ECHO OF ROTHBURY SHOOTING.
SYDNEY, December 16
Five thousand coalminers at Newcastle to-day made a pilgrimage to the grave of Norman Brown, who was shot by the police on the occasion of the Rothbury riots 12 months ago. A memorial erected by the miners was dedicated, after which the president of the union invited the crowd'to sing the "Red Flag." . ; Several women dressed.in black protested and began to sing the hymn "Nearer, My God, to Thee," causing, discord and finally' drowning- the-voices of the miners. ~-..-■ • The president of the union apologetically announced that he would not have called for the "Red Flag" had he anticipated the clash..
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 298, 17 December 1930, Page 7
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117GRAVESIDE SCENE. Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 298, 17 December 1930, Page 7
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