FRACAS AT PORTSMOUTH.
AUSTRALIAN FLAGSHIP'S MEN IN A FREE FIGHT. By Teleeraph-r-PreES Association— OopyriElit .Rec, June, 25, 0.30 a.m.) London, Juno 24. Several seamen and stokers on the battleship Australia have been fined at Portsmouth for drunkenness. They made a violent attack on. tho police. Witnesses described the Australia affray as one of tho worst known in the town. When they were arrested a stoker shouted: "Como on! Australians!" ' A free fight commenced, and the police drew their trnncheons. A crowd of two thousand assembled on the spot, and things began to look ugly. The Australians charged again and again. The magistrate on tho Bench let the men off with fines only, remarking that whilst everybody was pleased that the colonies were sending crews to England, they expected them to behave themselves.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1785, 25 June 1913, Page 7
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132FRACAS AT PORTSMOUTH. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1785, 25 June 1913, Page 7
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