MEETING TO PROTEST AGAINST INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES
; LIVELY SCENES IN SYDNEY Reeeived Ab ndav, 11.15 p.m. SYDXFY, May 6. ) Pnudemuuium broke loose in tlie town 1 liali lliis aiterimon at u meeting convimed as a protest against tlie dismp-j timi of the economic life of the com- j iimnity by iudustriul disputes. Between 15 aml 20 meii and women, struggliugi wildly and shouting, were ejected by j i the police. i i The meeting was called by the j ! Cilizeiis-' Riglits Committee and was: I attended by about 2000 people, the J majority of Avhom were women. The 1 disruptors, who were obviously or- j ganised, numbered no more than 300.1 After an liour of lieckling, catcalls and j free fights, the audience stood and i cheered for severn! minutes as a signal 1 of their approval of the motions put to ' the meeting. These protested against j ( cii! inued !;oMuns in food and esson- ■ tial reijuireinents and called upon the Goveriiment to enforce the rule of law | and order, aml set up a Citizens' j Fights ("omniittee with power to take all necessary action. The police observed that those who! were tlie centre of the noisv groups,) poss.'S>e,l pamphlets issued by the Com- j munist l'artv.
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Chronicle (Levin), 7 May 1946, Page 5
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