"RED RAGGERS" IN SYDNEY
LOYAL. RETURNED SOLDIERS' " PLEDGE."*'' ; ,i t ... (Rec.- January 10, ,11 p.m!)' Sydney,: January 10. ' Several-hundred-returned'soldiers who are ; members of. the Waterside Unions marched in procession to the Chief Secretary's office, and •' asked. to, ■bo given preference of work on tho -wharves and ships." They declared their'--willingness to wou'k' alongside loyalists'who. stood by the Government during the strike, and disclaimed, any connection with the "red riggers" -Who."were' preaching .Bolshevism. Thoy' would stand by the Government if,' as the result of sucli preaching, an upli.ea.val cause. , ' ' Mr. Fuller (Chief Secretary) expressed .sympathy 'with the .men's request, and promised special' Cabinet consideration.— Press' Assii.' .
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 91, 11 January 1919, Page 7
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