JUDGE'S EFFIGY BURNED.
SYDNEY STRIKE RIOTS. POLICE DRAW REVOLVERS. Ct*rr*» raw* .... »t tusun -«ort*»*T » i I SYDNEY, Marrb 29. During' the timber workers* demonj stration, following the burning of the . i*alU»t papers, wbicll were plaerd in a k«ro«»e soafcrd bag and Kt ud fir* in jdeianea of the warning'* of th» IVdrral [ Sttlkoritics ud the pufi<*e, as effigy of Judge LuAta wai tied to a tree in II e Park and bnroed. 1a the riot wkicb follonroj revolvers *'re drawn tod b*t«u used by a body »f |*»lii*e ta effort* t«> ucl! the mad dci'd roak of huadrrds of men. Th<* rioter# threatened to overwhelm the police, *ho wre fighting de»p«rately. They rv#fiio»Hy •urrcrdrl in git hit tog (,'r»r of the angry mob, 'at the »an t n > arresting wvm mr-n who " g"i willi riotous behaviour. '8« r f ti« |wl»r« were punrhed aocut the faeea. j It is estimated that .V>,ooo wi'nessed j tks taming episod*. The ateae* *fr* in the history «»f Au« Trade Vnionism.— Australian Pro* AaMfrriatioa. WORK OF RUFFIANS. DEMONSTRATORS NOT INVOLVED. J (Received March '.SMh, 5.5 p.m.) | SYDNEY, March -S. | Th« Polite Commissioner officially ' «tatea that neither ballot paj-rr* nor b f:tdg»-'* effistr *«-* burned last M ht ia ronaexioo with the timber ' w jrk T*' provision, but some ruffiaaa crned old new*papera ia sacks. 1 Mr Bruxo-r. relieving Chief Secre- | (Jury, ha* aeeepted tbia explanation. He ! d*rtar»9 that Mr J. S, Garden'« asauri *«*<•* thai the demonstrator* would not I earry out th» propoacd ballot burning, ■a .vi faiUfnlly kept. \il the men arrested la*t night have j Ixrg rrvandrd till after the Kaater holidays* oa bail.—Australian ! Association. j BRITAL ASSAI LTS ON LOYAL t WORKERS. ! RTDNET, March 28. i There were two laorc brtila.l assaults joa timber workers last eight. A loyal worker «n Ml upon by nine men «t ' H» was 'hr-wa to the ground ~*cd sa<.ag»'ty V: "W»d on the head and ' T*'+ mA" all* that i r>u<• »■■■* mm% thr<fafwith mordtar if bf : t-oattariM wevrlcla^. 'T3ft» Jfti- :i ijor J>a was kicked ■ enby tn*o masked ! who n'*d« off ia a waiting e*f- — A :i*ri'-»i: Awv:*•
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19581, 30 March 1929, Page 15
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