UNRULY CADETS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1299, 30 November 1911, Page 11

UNRULY CADETS.

■ -•■:FRACAS.AT.-LOWEK HUTT-. . Diving to what appears b havo boon an organised dcmouii.ration, tho process ot swearing-in the scniur cudets at tlio Lower Hurt on Tuesday evening was reduced to a fiasco, an , ") an unseemly fracas; ■ terminated tho paraik' On tho evening in-.'question, it is reported, Area bergearitjiijor Cprkill ' attended at the Kuox Cuurcti- Schcclroom "to administer.'.tho oath, and-there was. a good muster of tho cadets, who;had bean summoned to atteud,- tlie-.parade, numbering ICO out-of 111. It was soon evident, however, that'the youths, were to make trouble, fo the n.ust of. them,, all but about 10 in iijct, relused.to fake the oath-, plfiidiug rciigious"scruples as their justification. Not .satisfied with this, they commenced to create a disturbance, hooting and yelling, and U'eking tincans about the inside of the hall. To make matters. siin an.organised party posted itseli at.-the gas meter and aiuui-Al the crowd by'turning.oft the gas, until the Rev. Jas. M'CJiw-,-fresby-teriaii ;iiinist«r ut Kuox Church,." -xt ho attended to "render : assis!ancfl to thn officers, stationed, himt.eli-at.the motciv.and stopped, tho -nuisance. . '. V . ■'. .ScTjjoant-Major Corkill appealed-to the good ssnsc'of Uio'yoiiths and lirget! them to come forward U take the oath, but tho lVrrikins-.-took no.notici; of .lum..- -T-ho table at ivhicli ho was sitting was upset, ink uiitl"papers were scattered about, liyinri books woru used as missiles and tfirown about the hall, while thoso. outside tho hall amused themsolvesby throwing 'stones on the roof. Some of" the stones .found their way into tbo hall via tho''windows, "anc , ' the' the building suffered rather badly" /Anxious if possible to restore order, the Rev. Jlr. M'Caw addressed the youths, but his remarks were jeered at, and 'the speaker was informed that the affair was not of his business. Cushions were thrown nt him, and his clothes were spotted with flakes. of kapoc. When matters began to.tako a serious turn, a message was sent to tho police station, but after half an hour's wait, as no constable appeared on tho scene, the ■parade was .terminated , and the noisy rabble,, forming.in(<:.a procession, cd down"tho street." v ' The affair has been duly reported to Captain A.".'H , .■-BaSsn'm. the area rtf'cpr, ■ and it is understood that steps-will-1» taken to deal with some of the persons who,, it is alleged, were implicated.