BRAWL AT BONDI
OVER ARREST OF SOLDIERS ON CHARGES OF DESERTION. NUMBER OF ARRESTS MADE. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.15 p.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Sixteen civilians and fifteen soldiers were arrested in an hourlong brawl at Bondi, involving nearly 2,C00 people, as well as a considerable number of military and civilian police. • When military police attempted to arrest three soldiers on charges of desertion, civilians interfered. The police state that there were at least fifty separate fights at one stage. One arrested man had almost every piece,, oi clothing torn from his body and he was placed in a military truck wearing only his shoes and socks. A number of people were treated for minor injuries. Peak traffic in the popular seaside suburb was held up for an hour.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 December 1942, Page 4
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131BRAWL AT BONDI Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 December 1942, Page 4
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