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SYDNEY UNEMPLOYED RIOT STORM PARLIAMENT HOUSE “DOWN WITH LANG REGIME” INFLAMMATORY PAMPHLETS By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 7.40 p.m. Sydney, June 11. Two policemen held at bay 300 unemployed who tried to storfh Parliament House this afternoon. The constables used their batons and one man received a severe head injury. The others were driven outside the gates, which were barred against them.
The rioters shouted: “Down with the Lang Ministry.” TJiey abused the police and finally marched to the Trades Hall, where they held a meeting. Inflammatory pamphlets were distributed attacking the Premier, the Labour daily newspaper and Mr. Jock Garden, secretary of the Labour Council.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 June 1931, Page 7
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