"TOMMY-ROT."
MELBOURNE COUNCIL AND
IEIVIPIRE DAY.
.FRENCH REVOLUTION TO BE
(CEIiEBRATED
. [£Erhss. Association.] (R-eceived M<ay. 13, 9 a.m.)' MELBOURNE, May 13. At. a meeting of the City Council,. \wihieh as: a -Labor- one, ,:Avhen a discu»- 1 man .airos©'. oil a proposal to co-operate' .in the JEmpire Bay celebrations, thy .Mayor,'(Mr/Page) declaa-ed that it was time that, all the "tommy-rot" abou-i' Empire Day.should be wiped out. He iiriten'ded to entertain tiie children oii ifoe- anri.ivereary of' the. Erenoh .Revbluition anH to explain to the,: children nvlistt tliat day meant—a memorial or ■the time -when the workers ■ revolted :agaiiist tyi-anny. v. llie CCouncil." cairried a resolution fihett Jihe citizens,>v.ouldi'better like to 'ceMbra'te theV;ejpe6tioni of a new school in. a'certain the pre-isentipig-stye.,- .....' ■ :
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 111, 13 May 1914, Page 5
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120"TOMMY-ROT." Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 111, 13 May 1914, Page 5
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