4000 Demonstrate at Melbourne
POLICE DETACHMENT GUARDS ITALIAN CRUISER
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.-—Copyright. MELBOURNE, Feb. 18. Four thousand people demonstrated on the Port Melbourne waterfront last night as a protest against the assault on an Italian resident in the visiting Italian cruiser Raimondo MontecuccOli on Tuesday. The demonstrators burned an effigy of Signor Mussolini amid angry shouts of “Down with Fascism!” and “Punish the Fascist brigands!” Prince’s Pier, where the Italian cruiser is berthed, was closely guarded by strong detachments of police. All members of the crew of the cruiser were refused shore leave. A crowd assembled on the road ne&r the wharf and carried a strongly-worded resolution against Fascism. The motion censured the Federal Attorney-General for “not having taken action against this crime” and demanded an apology and compensation for the victim of the assault.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 42, 19 February 1938, Page 7
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