MELBOURNE EXCITED.
ANTI-GERMAN DEMONSTRATION
POLICE INTERVENE. Melbourne. August 5,
Excited crowds paraded the main streets until an early hour this morning.
% A mob of 300 attacked the Deutsche Turn Verein in Victoria Parade and smashed the windows. Thev lit a piece of rajj to represent the German flag and trampled in its ashes. A Force of police used batons freely and drove off the mob. A crowd 0f.3000 gathered in Collins street and sang patriotic songs. The mounted police were called out to maintain order.
Further, attempts to attack the German Club and a Viennese cafe were suppressed.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12307, 6 August 1914, Page 5
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98MELBOURNE EXCITED. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12307, 6 August 1914, Page 5
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