A BATON CHARGE
POLICE DISPERSE MEETINQ NO PRELIMINARY WARNING. NUMBER OF MEN FELLED. United Press Assn.—Elec. TeL Copyrigh* (Received Oct. 28, 10.20 a.m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 28. Without any preliminary warning » squad of about 50 police with batons drawn charged a crowd of 500 who were assembled outside the Glebe Town Hall last night, and In five minutes broke up a meeting which had been called as a protest against the dole questionnaire. A number of men were felled with batons and flsts. Five men and two women were arrested. Three were sent to the hospital. Before the charge by the police, several constables who were on duty at the meeting were attacked by tbt mob and struck with flsts.
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Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18778, 28 October 1932, Page 7
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119A BATON CHARGE Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18778, 28 October 1932, Page 7
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