MELEE ON WHARF
(Australian Pi ass Association). (United Service). ADELAIDE, Jan. If. One thousand waterside workers at Port Adelaide to-day rushed volunteer workers, who were unloading the Alnroeba .during the “smoko.” The volunteers scrambled for the gangway, which broke, and fifteen fell on the wharf. They and others climbed khe ropes and crossed over the Alareeba and jumped into some ketches on the other side. Stones wore thrown at them. One volunteer replied by.firing four shots from a revolver. ; .. b ' One hundred and fifty mounted police swooped down on the rioters, who then began to move towards the steanier Mnnnipa, where the volunteers were attacked with stones , and hoots. .
The police used their batons freely, and scattered the men in all direction's, many of them having to go to the hospital. One volunteer, however, was badly injured, being brutally kicked on the ground.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 January 1929, Page 6
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143MELEE ON WHARF Hokitika Guardian, 15 January 1929, Page 6
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