PARIS.
June 17,
Telegrams from Pearaeilles announces that an extraordinary disturbance occurred there to-day. Several regiments of French troops, just returned from Tunis, were marching through the town, and£on passing the building occupied by the Italian Club, were hissed from the windows by some of the members. There was a large number of people in the streets at the time, and the action of the Italians greatly incensed them. They angrily demanded that the Italian escutchion should be removed from the club. A great scene of disorder ensued, The Prefect arrived on the scene and endeavored to calm the mob, protesting against any violence, but despite this protest the JDeputy-Mayor of the town took the lead of the crowd, and ascending a ladder, took down the escutcheon with his own hands. Order was then restored. News of the occurrence has 1 caused much excitement. ■
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VIII, Issue 1351, 20 June 1881, Page 2
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