A MELBOURNE OUTBURST.
GERMAN CLUB MOBBED. POLICE USE THEIR BATONS. MELBOURNE, August 5. Excited crowds paraded the main streets until an carry hour this morning. iA mob of .100 people, attacked the premises of the (''rnntn gymnastic club, tlie Deutsche Trrn Yerein, in Victoria Parade. 'P'ev saiiac-licd" the windows and lit a piJee of nig supposed tn represent the German lfag. and stamped it into ashes. A force of poljc? u-ed their Ultimo freely and drove olf the nioli. A crow.l of 3.000 people then gathered in <-atlii>lic Street, and sang patriotiirongs. Tin- mounted police were called out to maintain order. r'urt-hcr uttemntn to attack tin- German Cluli and v Viennese uiife were frustrated, by ttroag police gu*rd*, .
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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 186, 6 August 1914, Page 6
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118A MELBOURNE OUTBURST. Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 186, 6 August 1914, Page 6
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