BATON CHARGES.
MILITANT UNEMPLOYED. DISPERSED BY THE POLICE. DEMONSTRATION IN MELBOURNE. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copvrlj.lt. (Received Aug. 13, 10.5 a.m.) MELBOURNE, August 13. Baton charges by 30 policemen dispersed a crowd of about 1000 unemployed, who assembled at a Fitzroy house and threatened to cause trouble over the eviction of a family for nonpayment of rent. The unemployed tore pickets from fences, and were about to attack a police sergeant and the bailiff, when police cars with reinforcements arrived, and these dispersed the gathering.
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Waikato Times, Volume 110, Issue 18406, 13 August 1931, Page 8
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