THE PERONNE FRACAS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1715, 5 January 1920, Page 6

THE PERONNE FRACAS.

AN AUSTRALIAN KILLED,

'Y ; ■■' ;YY; dLONDON, Dec,’30.; . An cmpiiry diy tlio : British authorities .with; reference to the ;fracks vat,/Pproiine last, November .shows tjiaf. two:. Australians belonging.;to a .graves ’.detachment entered a ' cafe, . where, they " t were accused by i a Fropohman belonging; .to , d.’ reconstruction camp, bU mixed iiatipnylities-.0f.; stealing; a hatchet. The . Australians.': denied the accusution I ',but .y'.ere assaulted;: , The Australians forced; thqir.way to ,tho door and ran clown’ the .road. . The. iftsailants foil(lowed," .firing' a, revolver. One, of. the Y\us r . •.traliahs ;was killed ancb'thc other was' severely 1 wounded. The of the /.econstructipn camp, v; in, a letter, .regrets # the incident, and' pays warm’ tribute'to-, the Australians’ gallantry in the wari.:.:a,nd thcV good.Tconclu'ctY,l6f.'ithose' din the neighbourhood.. Four. Frenohmon 1 have heeii liirrcst.odiland ..charged with niurdoiv }