WOMEN’S BATTALION IN WATERFRONT RIOT
Police at the Gallop
FURTHER OUTBREAK AT PORT ADELAIDE STEAMER MOVES INTO STREAM. United Press Association —By Eieetrii Telegraph —Copyright. Received Thursday, 8.55 p.m. ADELAIDE, Jan. 17. There was further rioting at Port Adelaide to-day, when about 800 watersiders and 50 women rushed the corporation wharf aud stoned volunteers leading the steamer Lanenu. Mounted troopers arrived at the gallop and used their batons to some purpose, inflicting head wounds on many of tho rioters, who scattered in all directions. Two policemen were injured with stones and two rioters were arrested. Tho Lanena moved into the stream to avoid further trouble.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6814, 18 January 1929, Page 6
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105WOMEN’S BATTALION IN WATERFRONT RIOT Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6814, 18 January 1929, Page 6
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