AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 23 November 1925, Page 1

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RECORD WALKER. SYDNEY. Nov. 22,

Parker, the Australian premier walker. broke six Australian reeorils at the Sports Ground. where he enverod T miles in 20min. 31 •l-nsees.; 5 in 44.50: ten thousand metres in 47min. 4-Tisees. and 7 miles in 52.<35 1-5. Tn a one-hour walk ho went 7 miles liL!9 yards. A WHA.It F SCUFFLE. SYDNEY, November 22. A short, sharp fight occurred on the wharf last night he tween the police and about twenty members of the crew of the steamer Persic. Early in the afternoon they were in various hotels, until closing time when they returned to the ship. Tt is understood they met a representative of the strikers, who persuaded them to get him aboard the Persic. On arrival at the wharf gates, the watchman refused the stranger entrance. and he was threatened with instant violence. Tie summoned n eonstable, who also refused the stranger admission. The seamen, becoming more enraged, the constable held them off. while the watchman sought assistance. Another constable arrived, when the seamen, in a concerted rush, succeeded in gaining the wharf, and went aboard the Persic. When the constables and watchman appeared on the wharf, they were greeted with a fusilade of lumps of iron and wood, and potatoes. A sergeant of police and three constables then arrived, and as they approached the ship, a lump of iron missed a constable’s head by a fraction of an inch. The seamen worked themselves into a frenzy. Four of them armed themselves with shovels and iron bars, and they charged down the gang-way. intent on putting the police to immediate flight. As soon as they reached the foot of the gangway, the police leapt upon them. Their weapons wore wrenched out of their hands, and they were arrested. The remainder, seeing the fate of the quartette, surrendered. The Persic was due to sail to-day.