Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Wednesday 9 November 1977, page 11


Freeway protest:

8 arrests

MELBOURNE: Eight people were arrested following an angry clash between police, and. demonstrators over Melbourne's new F19 Freeway project yesterr day.

The arrests were made as the demonstrators tried to dump more rubbish on to a barricade of old cars and junk erected overnight to try to prevent work going ahead at the site in Alexandra Parade,, Collingwood. j , ,

Last night more than 200 police were on duty to prevent protesters from building more barricades

across the road.