LOYALISTS MALTREATED
CLIMAX TO TASMANIAN STRIKE. A SENSATIONAL OUTRAGE. By Telotrraoh—Press Assn. —Copyright. (Received Mov 23, 10.50 p.m.) HOBART, May 23. The climax to the industrial trouble with the timber workers, who are on strike at Geeveston (in the Huon district) was reached when, unionists objected to loyalists’ admission to a picture show , and asked that they be rejected. The loyalists left and then went to their boardinghouse followed by a crowd insulting and molesting them. The following night an attempt was made to blow up the boardinghouse, a charge of gelignite being exploded at tho rear of tho building. There were no casualties, but considerable damage was caused. The explosion was heard five miles away.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11217, 24 May 1922, Page 5
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