BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 9 July 1917, Page 7

BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL.

FURTHER Am RAID DETAILS.

AMAZING DARING OF THE VISITORS.

■GREAT BLOCK OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS DAMAGED.

ANTI-GERMAN RIOTS IN HACKNEY.

2SY CABLE—PBESS ASSOCIATION—COPYBIGHT.

(Received July 9, 11.40 a.m.)

LONDON, July 8. Londoners "unanimously pay tribute to the amazing daring of the raiders, who carried out their audacious plans with, the utmost coolness. It is believed that the entire squadron wag comprised of the latest Albatross type, carrying three men, capable Of a wonderful turn of speed and • ability in fighting manoeuvres, their machine guns being able to shoot in .any direction. It was noticeable that citizens did not take the risks they formerly did, and the streets immediately threatened were almost deserted. 'fhose which had been passed were instantaneously thronged. Anti-German riots occurred in the evening in Hackney, where a large body of men and women, the majority being women, marched in procession and attacked and dismantled several ■German butchers' and delicatessen shops. They smashed windows, penetrated upstairs, threw furniture and pianos into the streets, set fire to bedding in the middle of the roadway, and threatened aliens with violence. A strong posse of police quickly patrolled the affected localities, but the excitement continues. Mr Lloyd George, accompanied by Lord French, Lord Milner, General iSmuts and Mr Barnes, to-night visited the bombed areas in the city and East End. Crowds gathered in the party's wake, cheering and shouting "don't forget reprisals." Bombs tore off the corner of a gseat block of public buildings in a main istreet, dislodged giant granite' pillars,, and broke off huge masses of coping ■stones and window frames. The street was almost impassable owing to heaps of debris, wire netting, brick and woodwork, and.a tangle of telephone wires. The staff, aggregating thousands, and,! including girls, were unhurt. The street was barricaded to enable the brigades to deal with fire in an upper