MURDERERS OF DETECTIVES
A LABOUR PROTEST AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association., (Received 15th Oct.. 11.55 a.m.) PERTH; This Day. The decision Of tlk« "Government to carry out Ihe execution of Trefl'ene ami Coulter aroused ' much opposition in labour circles. A'hirge meeting of wharf labourers at Frenianfh.' carried resolutions protesting that capital punishment, was a' reljp.of barbarism and opposed lo the principles of trade unionism, and Calling upon organised labour .throughout .Australia, to register a protest, against a Labour Government, tarrying out. a sentence opposed In the accepted tenets of the Labour movementj also .asking the Government lo reconsider Ihe decision.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 15 October 1926, Page 5
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