TROUBLE IN BRISBANE
POLICE AND COMMUNISTS BEISBANE, 19th March. Three hundred men, reputed to bo Communists, marched on the Treasury threatening to invade the building. They demanded to see the Minister of Labour, "because they declined to work for rations." When the mob threatened to become uncontrollable, the police drow batons, and in the melee that followed several were struck down. Later there was another demonstration outside the Trades Hall. One man struck Sub-Inspector Pugh, knocking him into the gutter. The crowd swarmed in to follow up .the advantage, but quickly retired when the police drew thoir batons. Several arrests were made.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 67, 20 March 1931, Page 7
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102TROUBLE IN BRISBANE Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 67, 20 March 1931, Page 7
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