DARWIN UNEMPLOYED
THE POLICE APPREHENSIVE.
SPECIAL FORCE ENLISTED.
(United Press Assn. —By Telegraph—Copyright.) (Rec. 10.35 p.m.) Sydney, May 1. The police at Darwin have conscripted all Government officials as special constables and. armed them with waddie.s in order to resist the activities of turbulent unemployed, and bank officials have been ordered to remain within the banks and use their firearms if necessary.
Communists hoisted a red flag above a tent where the majority of the men were quartered in Liberty Square. The Government Resident received a telegram from the Government offering to find employment for the men peanut growing at 30/- a week until the crop was harvested.
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Southland Times, Issue 21072, 2 May 1930, Page 7
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