NO EXCUSE
DISGRACEDUL EDITH.ELL HURLED AT AUSTRALIAN RATINGS BY ITALIANB. HJ.P.A. by Elec. T-i. Copyilglitj. LONDON, May- *jy. Speaking in the Ulster tlouse of Commons, Air. J. W, Nixon, who has just returned from a visit To Australia, said today that while he was in Port Said he heard Italians aboard Of troopship, hurl, the most disgraceful epithets l at members', of the Australian Navy aboard’ the ship in which Mr. Nixon, was travelling. “The Australians, to,their great ersuit, ignored them,” lie ackhd. “In the presence -of myself and hundreds of fellow, pa'sscngei s in the Esperanto Bay, which whs within speaking distance of the Italian troop-ship the Italians demons!ratid for about- a-n hour,’’ said Air. Nixon late-,-. to a repiesentat.ive of the Associated Press.. “Their, epithets were principally aimed at. a party oi Australian., naval ratings on the way to join- tlmir slaps. “The Italians sang a song to the effect -that they had taken Abyss in "a and were going to take Egypt, There was absolucly no excuse for their behaviour.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12867, 22 May 1936, Page 7
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