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STUDENTS & POLICE IN WILD MELEE
Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld. : 1885 - 1954) Saturday 26 July 1947, page 1
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2012-05-01 19:44:09.0user:public:johnfoxone of Sydney's worst riots, this afternoon, when univer
Warned In advance of the demon
about 40 University students, includ
in control of the Kcnibla building be
Shortly befoi-c 3 p.m., several
students carrying banners condemn
Tho students held a meeting In
TVynward Park which wan addressed
Consulate, and the police who at
For several minutos ulgy scenes I
were witnessed as the students j
odged on by Irresponsible* in the
crowd, recklessly grappled will)
students receiving support from sym
had Fathered, a police wireless broad
cast called every car in the metropoli
Women Joined in the fray, scream
From the olevenlh floor of the
Kembla building at tile height of the
frav, members of the Consulate staff
threw buckets of water into the strug
As the 'rioters were overpowered by
move on, including one attrac
In the middle of the street, were
tho area by Ule police.
crowd and parliallv cleared the street.
the Consulate and the arrested stu
» Many of the crowd then moved to
Wynward Park whnre they were
Eureka Youth League. Hal Alexander.
The police cordoned off . the area,
'6ourabaya Sue.' was present at the
meeting, although she did not ad
for 'peace'-.
A member of tho Labour Club, who
had spoken nt Wynward Park, drag
nothing against the Dutch— in Hol
he was seized bv two plain clothes
afterwards head locked by a policeman
escorted Into the Kembla building.
one of Sydney's worst riots, this afternoon, when univer-
Warned in advance of the demon-
about 40 University students, includ-
in control of the Kembla building be-
Shortly before 3 p.m., several
students carrying banners condemn-
The students held a meeting in
Wynward Park which was addressed
Consulate, and the police who at-
For several minutos ulgy scenes
were witnessed as the students
edged on by irresponsibles in the
crowd, recklessly grappled with
students receiving support from sym-
had gathered, a police wireless broad-
cast called every car in the metropoli-
Women joined in the fray, scream-
From the elevenlh floor of the
Kembla building at the height of the
fray, members of the Consulate staff
threw buckets of water into the strug-
As the rioters were overpowered by
move on, including one attrac-
in the middle of the street, were
the area by the police.
crowd and partially cleared the street.
the Consulate and the arrested stu-
Many of the crowd then moved to
Wynward Park where they were
Eureka Youth League, Hal Alexander.
The police cordoned off the area,
'Sourabaya Sue.' was present at the
meeting, although she did not ad-
for 'peace').
A member of the Labour Club, who
had spoken at Wynward Park, drag-
nothing against the Dutch— in Hol-
he was seized by two plain clothes
afterwards headlocked by a policeman
escorted into the Kembla building.

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