WHARF MELEE
, NON-UNIONISTS ROUGHLY HANDLED.; (Australian Press Association) MELBOURNE, Sept. 1. ■ Eight men were injured more or less seriously when t;vo hundred waterside workers .fought a pitched battle with about forty free labourers at a- South Melbourne wharf to-day. The trouble occurred during the unloading of timber from the steamer Norahvaal. The labourers who i,. comprised !the shore gang were chased along the wharf, knocked down, and kicked;,. Several were rendered unconscious, and were removed in am balances to the hospital. The police, arrived too.date to make any arrests. , .> ■: >
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 September 1930, Page 3
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89WHARF MELEE Hokitika Guardian, 2 September 1930, Page 3
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