THE UNEMPLOYED DEMONSTRATION.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —In reference to the demonstra-, tion which took place recently, I well remember about twenty-five years ago in Brisbane a general strike, with threats of violence, amongst a certain, section of disgruntled workers, with the result that the chief of police appeared on the scene mounted on a white charger. When he had read the Riot Act to the crowd assembled, coupled with the command to and the order was not obeyed, the. officer, who was well armed, dashed at the assembly, and continued this line of action up and down the main streets, order soon being restored, with not even an attempted retaliation on the part of the strikers. In my opinion as a' Britisher, similar measures on the part of the authorities should, in the interests of law-abiding citizens, be adopted here.— I am, etc., Charms B. Hilton, January 19.
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Evening Star, Issue 21004, 19 January 1932, Page 9
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