Communist Posters Torn Down by J. Force Soldiers
P.A. WELLINGTON, October 19. Three J. Force soldiers and three civilians last evening marched into the premises of the Unity Centre in Cuba Street, Wellington, climbed through a window on to the balcony and tore down signs erected by the Communist Party. Shouting, “That is with the compliments of the British J. Force from Japan,” two of the soldiers tore down a sign reading, “lijcrease wages £2 a week,” and threw it into (he street. Another sign, “Reduce prices now,” was also torn from its fittings, smashed and thrown over the edge of the balcony. The police are searching for the culprits. BURST INTO HALL Mr. Gordon Hudson, Secretary of the Centre, said he and another person were in the' hall when soldiers and civilians burst in. Threatening to call the police, Mr. Hudson saw two soldiers climb through the window to the balcony and begin to tear down the signs on the facade. As he was telephoning the police, said Mr. Hudson, he saw two J. Force soldiers running across the floor. He went to grapple with them, but was knocked aside and they rushed past him down the stairs and out on to the street. The Secretary of the Wellington District Committee of the Communist Party, Mr. A. B. Skilton, said the Unity Centre was distinct from the Communist Party and many of its members had no political affiliations. H e added that it was obvious that the attack was aimed at the Communist Party. Mr. Hudson said the Unity Centre was an organisation built up by workers’ subscriptions.
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Grey River Argus, 20 October 1948, Page 7
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