LABOUR PAPER BOYCOTTED.
COMPLAINT AGAINST BRISBANE TRAMWAYS. RETALIATION THREATENED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright BRISBANE, April 11. ■ A deputation of citizens headed by An Ryan, leader of the Parliamentary Labour*' party, complained to the Home Secretary (Mr Appel) that the Tramway Company was boycotting the Labour paper. Newsboys were chased off, dealers and buyers of tho paper were stopped entering the tramcars, and passengers reading it were interfered with. Other papers were carried and delivered by the Tramway Company. Mr Appel, on the strength of the Crown Solicitor's opinion, stated that the company was -witliin "its legal rights in refusing to carry the Labour paper, but he promised to make inquiries. The Labour party threatens strong measures.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15736, 12 April 1913, Page 9
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