BURIAL OF COMMUNIST
SCENE AT THE GRAVESIDE
RELATIVES OBJECT T.O
"RED FLAG"
(Received 18th November, 2 p.m.)
SYDNEY, This Day. Mrs. Una Speeehley, a prominent member of the minefields Communist group, killed in a bus- accidefit on Saturday, was being buried at Cessnock yesterday when an extraordinary seena occurred.' The burial was conducted by an Anglican clergyman at the request of the deceased's parents. At the conclusion Communists raised the red flag over the grave and the leader called on the others to sing the revolutionary song, "The Bed Flag." A woman relative screamed, "Don't let • them do it,." and collapsed at the graveside. The clergyman ordered tha Communists to desist, but they proceeded, encircling the grave, to sins "The Bed Flag." S
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 121, 18 November 1929, Page 12
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