POLICE SWOOP ON TRAMS
■ OVERCROWDING IN SYDNEY ' Rccoivcd ■Sundav 7.0 p.m. SYDNFY, April 28. Tlin polico made twenty arrcsts when, witli loudspeaker eries uf "we're not kidding" from patrol cars, thoy swooped on overcrowded trams returning from sporting lixtures in iSydney. As black marias gatherod in offenders al: the peak of the late rush from the Sydney cricket ground, the police and civilians were involved in several sharp skirinishes. 'I'he police action was the result ot the tramwaymen 's protest at'ter the disturbances on Anzac Day, when two conductors were injured and traffic im- i inobilised for an hour. The mtiin ;-omplaints were about footboard riditig and I interference with controls. Iu yesterday 's raid the first offender ; arrested by the police was Ihe xon of a j tramwayinan. j
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Chronicle (Levin), 29 April 1946, Page 5
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