MELEE IN MELBOURNE.
“ REDS” v. LABOURITES. ACTING-PREMIER ASSAULTED. ALSO TRADES HALL PRESIDENT. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received May 2, 9.50 a.m.) MELBOURNE, May 2. The Trades Hall leaders and the actlng-Premier Mr Thomas Tunnlcliffc, were assaulted In a riot at the May Day celebrations on Yarra bank. Mr Tunnicllffe and the president of the Trades Hall Counoil, Mr Riley were'pushed off a lorry, and while on the ground savagely assaulted by a number of men. •A record crowd witnessed the marches through the city. The Communist Party organised a demonstration in. opposition to that of the Trades Hall, and the two rival processions marched streets.
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Waikato Times, Volume 111, Issue 18625, 2 May 1932, Page 7
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106MELEE IN MELBOURNE. Waikato Times, Volume 111, Issue 18625, 2 May 1932, Page 7
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