STRIKE RIOTS IN AUSTRALIA.—-Serious riots occurred in Adelaide and Melbourne as an outcome of the wharf labourers' strike. Free labour which *»■« been engaged to load the ships has to work under police protection. More than 1000 Adelaide joined the Citizens' Defence Brigade, and were armed with rifles. The top picture shows some of these volunteers marching off duty. Below: A plain-clothes policeman, revolver in hand, keeping at bay strikers who were attacking a strike-breaker (seen on left, without Awjffaajatfg"?TiY hat). A scene outside the Customs House at Melbourne. 1f
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 239, 9 October 1928, Page 7
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89STRIKE RIOTS IN AUSTRALIA.—-Serious riots occurred in Adelaide and Melbourne as an outcome of the wharf labourers' strike. Free labour which *»■« been engaged to load the ships has to work under police protection. More than 1000 Adelaide joined the Citizens' Defence Brigade, and were armed with rifles. The top picture shows some of these volunteers marching off duty. Below: A plain-clothes policeman, revolver in hand, keeping at bay strikers who were attacking a strike-breaker (seen on left, without Awjffaajatfg"?TiY hat). A scene outside the Customs House at Melbourne. 1f Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 239, 9 October 1928, Page 7
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