THREAT OF DOCK STRIKE
(N.Z.P.A
. — Reuter,
Trouble After Police Search At Singapore
Coyyright)
Reeeived Priday, 10.20 a.m. SINGAPORE, Aug. 21. One Indian road workiaan was killed and another seriously wounded when policemen opened fire on a group of 80 Harbour Board road workers wfio rushed the Singapore dock gates this afternoon. Three thousand Harbour Boaid workers stopp.ed work in sympatliy, and a strike threatens to develop, tying up the Singapore docks. The trouble began when an unarmed polieeman, searching workers as they left the dock area, confiscated a few pounds of rice- which some of the workers were carrying. The workers rushed the gate, where a second polieeman drew a pistol and fired six shots. Both policemen fled down the road, pursued by a mob. A passing motorisi rescued the policemen, one of whom had been seriously beaten.
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Chronicle (Levin), 22 August 1947, Page 5
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138THREAT OF DOCK STRIKE Chronicle (Levin), 22 August 1947, Page 5
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