BATTLES IN STREET.

Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18795, 17 November 1932, Page 12

BATTLES IN STREET.

RIVAL GANGS IN SYDNEY. 30 MEN IN CLASH. Reviving the bloody street battles of old, gangs of hoodlums at Redfern and Alexandria staged two sensational fights, says a Sydney paper. Consequently, two men are in hospital and two more under arrest. The most spectacular clash was in Henderson Road, where about 30 youths and men battled '‘all in” for nearly 10 minutes. A body of police then put them to flight. As the fighters fled many of them were seen to be bleeding from nasty cuts, and other? had split lips and blackened eyes, Two young fellows were caught by the police, and taken to Redfern Station. At the same time a young man was picked up injured and taken to South Sydney Hospital. Kicked and Punched. Police believe that the brawl was ihe climax to an old feud between the gangs. Another clash between gangs occurred outside Alexandria Town Hall, and finished In Ihe local park. An injured man who had been brutally kicked and punched was found In the park and taken to the local hospital. In Kettle Street, Redfern, a man was said to have been attacked and scalded with boiling water. When police arrived they were told that he had wandered away. Later at the same houses, it was reported that two men fought and one wielded a loaded stick.