DESPERATE AFFRAY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20870, 12 May 1931, Page 9

DESPERATE AFFRAY.

MINERS ATTACK POLICE. TROUBLE OVER RATIONS. NEW SOUTH WALES SENSATION. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copy tight, (Received May 11. P.-15 p.nO SYDNEY. May 11. A desperate affray occurred at Bulli, a picturesquo coalmining township on the south coast of New South Wales, between the. police and a large crowd of unemployed miners and others who bad declared the Government rations "black,' for some reason not explained. The trouble began in 1 lie forenoon, when about 500 men tried to prevent their hungry comrades and their wives from collecting food orders at the local Miners' Ilall. The police attempted to disperse the mob of jeering men and finally were compelled to arrest the ringleader. Thereupon the remainder of the men closed in and began to attack the policemen with pieces of wood and lengths of gas-pipe. The police drew revolvers to protect themselves. They lodged the arrested man in the lock-up and then scoured the neighbourhood and arrested 10 others Three constables were treated severely and arc suffering from head wounds. They are convinced that they were lucky to escape with their lives.