GANG WARFARE IN N.S.W.
REMARKABLE STORIES. A TOWN HALL AS BATTLE GROUND. [United Press Association— By Cable*) Copyright.! (Australian and N.Z. Press (Received 5, 2.30 p.m.) Sydney, September 8. Remarkable stories of gang warfar* in the Alexandria district, with th* Town Hull as a battle ground, wer* told by Aidermen at a meeting of the Council. One stated that h* and the Mayor had been threatened* and he applied for permission t* carry a revolver. On the last three occasions ofl which functions were held in th* Town Hall there had been seriou* fights, he said, and the police had t* subdue them. Two men were taken to the hospital as a result of th* fights. The Council decided to conJ fer with the police for protection of the district from gangs.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 221, 5 September 1929, Page 5
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