Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 10, No. 12. August 20, 1947

Indonesia—Sydney

Indonesia—Sydney

Thirteen students who took part in a demonstration in Sydney similar to the one recently held here, were arrested by an emergency police squad, which included many plain clothes men.

A protest meeting was held at Sydney University and was attended by 2,000 students and members of the teaching staff. A committee was set up, which includes two-professors and representatives of the SRC (Executive to us), the SCM, the Labour Club, and Rehabilitation Scheme Council. A delegation was appointed to forward the resolutions of the meeting to the Premier, the Minister of Justice, the Attorney General and the Chief Secretary, It is alleged that forceful methods were used to break up an orderly march and demonstration, that the people who broke up the demonstration did not reveal themselves as members of the police force, and that those arrested and others present were manhandled by these people. This contention is supported by statements of sixty witnesses, and by films and photographs of the demonstration. One such film is at present being screened in Wellington, but it has been cut in places.