THE LITHGOW RIOTS
—— .*. MINISTER'S QUALIFICATION. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, September IS. Mr. (irilliths, .Minister fur "Works, in refusing the request of tlie r.roken Hill Miners' Association to resign bis portfolio and seat owing to tbe action of the Government in sending the police to protect Litbgow non-unionists, says: "Xo body of men sworn to administer tbe law can permit one citizen to blue metal another, or set fire to property. If this is not prevented by the police the persons attacked have lo defend themselves, and we shall ultimately arrive at the American system of the maintenance by wealthy corporations of Pinkertons armed with Winchesters, a state of things no Labor Government could tolerate in Australia."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 75, 19 September 1911, Page 5
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116THE LITHGOW RIOTS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 75, 19 September 1911, Page 5
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