WATERFRONT BRAWL
Unsonisls and Non-Unionists .. \ SYDNEY, May 17. Bitter feeling between the unregis,ered wharf labourers and the members of the Waterside Workers' Federation culmj,nated to-day in a fierce brawl, which extended to four city wharves. One man was sent to hospital and at least ten others slightly injured. Police inquiries indicate that there were aboUt 100 unionists and 25 unregistered men in the fray. The unrgistered men, all of whom eventually escaped, claim that they will wait in the background until all the unionists aro signed on before they offer .themselves for work.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 103, 18 May 1937, Page 8
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