SYDNEY’S UNEMPLOYED
A DISORDERLY SCENE. (Rec. February 15, 11.46 p.m.) Sydney, February 15. A procession of six hundred unemployed marched to the Chief Secretary’s office, where after a disorderly scene, in which a panel of a door was splintered, the police caused the withdrawal of the crowd into the park opposite. Soon afterwards violent stone-throwing was indulged in, in which one policeman was injured. During the height of the disturbance, the Governor, who was en route to a meeting of the Executive Council, attempted to enter tho building. He was recognised and surrounded by a howling mob asking for work. After he had addressed them, promising to use. his influence in their behalf, the croud dispersed.—Press Assu.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 122, 16 February 1921, Page 7
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117SYDNEY’S UNEMPLOYED Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 122, 16 February 1921, Page 7
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