HOODLUMS IN SYDNEY

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2529, 2 August 1915, Page 6

HOODLUMS IN SYDNEY

DISGRACEFUL SCENES RECRUITING HOWLED DQWN Br Telegraph—Piess Association—Gopyrigli? (Rcc. 'August 1, 5.5 p.Di.) Sydney, August 1. Disgraceful scenes characterised tlio opening of the recruiting campaign in the Exhibition Buildings. Sections of the audience continually interrupted the speakers, and f!he climax was reached when the crowd counted out Mr. Holman, the Premier, who replied: "If it happens that wo are confronted by demonstrations like this there will bo no alternative but to take the young loafers and compel them to perform their duty. They owe their living to braver and better men." The meeting resulted in only ten recruits being secured., More pronounced opposition occurred at th© Stadium, where Mr. Holman and Mr. Wade were invited to address a crowd of seventeen thousand gathered to witness the Darcy-M'Goorty contest for the middle-weight boxing championship. Several Dardanelles wounded accompanied the speakers, and received a tremendous ovation. Immediately Mr. Holman attempted to speak ho was again counted out and howled down. Ono of the wounded soldiers vainly appealed to the mob to be sports, but the' crowd was apparently determined not to listen. Mr. Holman and Mr. Wade left the ring amid derisive cheers, but when tho wounded soldiers vacated the area they, were greeted with genuine cheers. '