DUKE HELD UP
CROWD IN BRISBANE.
BEYOND CONTROL OF POLICE.
HALL ENTERED BY BACK WAY. (Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 11.45 a.m.) BRISBANE, This Day. While the Duke of York was proceeding on a visit to the returned soldiers the police and military lost control of the crowds outside the entrance to the theatre, and even the plunging police horses were unable to quell the people's ardour.
As the Duke's car was unable to proceed, his Royal Highness sat there ten minutes while efforts were made to clear a path across the footpath, but these were of no avail. Eventually the car made as though to return to Government House, and proceeded by a circuitous route to the rear entrance of the hall, the Duke being thus enabled to keep his engagement. \ A redeeming feature of the unparalleled episode was that no effort was made actually to mob the car or even mount the running-boards. The police used every device in their, power short of batoning the crowd, but were completely powerless. The crowd was composed largely of women and girls, many of whom fainted. Others had to receive hospital treatment.
The, Duke left the theatre by the back entrance and made his return journey without incident.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVII, Issue 10888, 7 April 1927, Page 5
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