ATTACK ON POLICE

Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2427, 12 May 1931, Page 5

ATTACK ON POLICE

IDLE MINERS DEC'L AR E RA TI OX'S 1K -A ( Iv AFFRAY IN A TOWNSHIP lAlsr. and N.Z. Cable) Sydney, May 11. The_p-4i.ee' at Bulli, a picturesque e.abnining township uii the Soutjh coast, were involved in a desperate affray with a large crowd ol une'.iiiJoyed miners and others who had declared the*. Government rations black, for some unexplained reason. Tie trouble began in the forenoon whop, about o()0 men tried to. prevt tit their hungry comrades and wives from collecting food, orders at i hr* local miners’ hall. The police attempted to dis|>erse i lie mob of jeering men and finally were compelled 1c arrest the ri.ng-lea-clei . whereupon tho remainder closed in. and began an attack on ihe i)olicemen with jiieces of wood, also lengthy of gas-jjipo. The pod Leo drew .revolvers to protect themselves. They lodged tho arrested man in the lockup, then scoured the neighbourhood and arrested ten others. Three const ah le-s were treated, severely suffering from head wounds, and are convinced that they had a lucky escape with their lives.