Australian News

Inangahua Times, 28 October 1932, Page 1

Australian News

(United Press Assn—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Dole Questionnaire Police Charge Crowcf. Reed 10 20 a m. Sydney, This day Without any preliminary warn* ing, a squad ol about fifty poli.ee, with batons drawn, charged a crowd oi five hundred outside the Glebe Town Hall last night, and in five minutes broke up Ihe meeting called as a proles! agaiust the dole questionnaire.

A number of men were ielled with batons and fists * Five men and two women were arrested. Three were sent to hospital.

Police Attacked. Before ihe charge by the police, several con-tahles on duty a? the meeting were attack d by the mob and struck with fists. Commonwealth Loan, Bank Refuses to Underwrite Reed. 10 20 a.m Sydney, This day The Herald's Melbourne correspondent says the Premiers’ Cons ierence declared itself in favour of an Immediate internal loan of eight millions, the iysue to be at par bearing rate of interest at £3 15s per cent with a currency of 10 years. A deadlock was reached when the Commonwealth Bank intimated that it would not underwrite the loan at less than four per cent Ultimately’ the conference suggest ted that Sir Robert Gibson convene a conference of the trading banks of Victoria and New South Wales to review the whole problem. Sir R. Gibson informed the Conference that he was prepared to do that.