ANOTHER HOUSE WRECKED BY BOMB.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18585, 10 October 1928, Page 4

ANOTHER HOUSE WRECKED BY BOMB.

VOLUNTEERS* HOME SCENE OF OUTRAGE. (United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegjraph.—Copyright.) MELBOURNE, October 9. A bomb explosion wrecked the interior of a house in West Melbourne, in which three Italian volunteer wharf labourers boarded. Thirteen people, including children, all Italians, were sleeping on the premises, yet, despite the "destruction wrought by the bomb, which was of the Mills hand grenade type, nobody was injured.. Some pieces of the bomb became embedded in a factory wall on the other side of the street. The outrage is believed to be associated with two explosions last week at the homes of foremen stevedores. The thrower in this case evidently opened the front door, which was left unlocked for the convenience of late workers, and placed the bomb in position. Presumably he was acquainted, with the habits of the inmates. •Antonio Barbaros and his wife were almost blown out of bed, while two children in a cot were covered with plaster from a ceiling, yet no one was hurt.—-Australian Press Association. WATERSIDE STRIKERS MARCH IN MELBOURNE. MELBOU RNE, October 9. Watersiders marched through the £ity to-day and held a mass meeting oh the Yarra bank'. They adopted a resolution calling on other transport workers to refuse work on the waterfront where free labour is employed. The secretary of the Victorian Seamen’s Union claimed that if necessary the union could bring out the crews of overseas \ r essels. Seven crews had already consulted union officials regarding what they should do; A conference of maritime and transport unions was convened this afternoon to decide whether there should be an extension of the strike. At Adelaide a meeting of seamen today refused an offer of work bn interstate ships.—-Australian Press Association. FREMANTLE MEN TO RETURN TO WORK. FREMANTLE, October 9. The wharf labourers by a small majority decided to resume work under the Transport Workers Act.—Australian Press Association.