THREW HER SHOE AT P.M.’s PARTY
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright! PERTH, April 22. Mrs Joan Gladys Davies, aged 38, whose shoe hit one of a welcoming party to the Prime Minister, Mr Harold Holt, yesterday, was fined $2O today. “This is a disgraceful state of affairs when the Prime Minister, Australia’s leading citizen, is treated in this way,” the Magistrate, Mr Alan G. Smith, said in the central Police Court. “This behaviour can’t and won’t be tolerated.” Mrs Davies pleaded guilty to having created a disturbA ‘ rP ° rt ye aay ’ ... , „ , She sa t Quietly in the dock while evidence was given of the shoe-throwing incident by Inspector B. J. Alford. He said Mrs Davies was one of about 20 women demon-
strators who were on the southern observation deck at the airport when the Prime Minister arrived. The women called out: “Here we are.” The Prime Minister looked up and waved and smiled to the demonstrators, said Inspector Alford.
“Mrs Davies leaned over the balcony and booed loudly and her shoe flew through the air and hit one of the Prime Minister’s party a pretty resounding blow on the side of the head,” said the inspector.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31042, 23 April 1966, Page 17
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