REDS USE TABLE LEGS IN FIGHT AT TRADES HALL.
Savage Attack Made on Mr J. S. Garden and Other Labour Leaders.
(United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received November 28, 10.5 a.m.)
SYDNEY, November 28. Using chairs, table legs and fists, Communist Party supporters attacked Labour Council delegates in one of the fiercest brawls seen at the Trades Hall for many years. More than a dozen people were injured, including Mr R. | King, Labour Council organiser, who was hit with a chair while trying to defend Mr J. S. Garden. Furniture Was smashed to pieces and a door was wrenched from its hinges as the police were unable to gain admittance until someone inside took down one of the doors and admitted them. The fighting then subsided, but the Communists were in control and celebrated their victory by singing “ The Red Flag.” No information was laid and no arrests were made. Delegates who tried to defend the Government, principally Mr Garden, were early howled down by the packed gallery.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19239, 28 November 1930, Page 1
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