in late August
When the King and Queen of Thailand (Siam) made a state visit to Sydney New South Wales, they were ot by three political demonstrations. The first took place as the Queen got out the Royal Rolls Royce at the Town Hall steps when a Thai student ran towards the car carrying a placard sayings "Thailand is a military dictatorship". He was hustled away and then two /justralians rushed forward with placards also denouncing the regime in Thailand. They were arrested but a young woman continued the protest by showering the Royal party with leaflets.
These incidents were widely reported in the Australian press and made a refreshing relief from all the sob stories about the Queen's beauty and the Kings regality. The two men came up in court, one being fined £4.2 for offensive behaviour, the other was remanded in custody being charged with offensive behaviour and vagrancy (this, no doubt,being a technical offence). The leaflets were issued under the authorisation of the Sydney University Australian Labor Party Club but the Gencral Secretary of the A.L.P. was quick to disassociate the Party from the demonstrations, However these young Australians clearly acted as the conscience of the Australian people — and have set an example to all.
Herewith the text of the leaflet (shortened for space reasons)