WILD SCENE OF COMMOTION.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13921, 27 March 1909, Page 5

WILD SCENE OF COMMOTION.

(Received March 27, 10.45 a.m.) PERTH, March 27

The Mayor presided over a packed meeting at the Town Hall. Sir John Forrest moved a resolution asking the Federal Government to inform the Home authorities that the people- of Australia are prepared to make every necessary sacrifice to maintain the supremacy of the sea. The moVing of an amendment on behalf of the Australian Na lives' Association, that the neoessarv sacrifice take the shape of increased expenditure for local defend, led to great disorder. The Mayor, amidst a viM scene of commotion, declared Sir John I< orrest s resolution carried. The movers of the amendment afterwards, at an open air meeting adopted

a resolution protesting against the Mayor's ruling, and claiming the amendment carried by three to one.