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According to a wireless message.pick-* ed up In Christchurch from ■ Prlslia&ej' a "remarkable attempt to stifle ,intftrest in tho second Test match between" ths All Blacks and Australia, and influence would-be spectators from. attending^ was perpetrated .in Brisbane on^ Saturday, when' posters were found prourif nently displayed around the city de? manding that the match be boycotted; Tho posters demanded the boycott on. the grounds that certain, members of the AH Black team had taken part .as special constables in. the'action to' quell the unemployed rioting, in Auckland and the tramway strike in Christchurcln However, the attempt proved to be a failure, as, could be seen from-the largo crow.d that attended the match—ls,ooo.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 16, 19 July 1932, Page 8
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116DISPLAY OF POSTERS Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 16, 19 July 1932, Page 8
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