UNDERGRADS ESCAPADE
EXTREME PENALTIES SOUGHT,
(Australian Press Association)
SYDNEY, May 23
The indignation of returned soldiers over the University students’ desecration of the Cenotaph has not been appeased by the projected prosecution of two of the offenders. They contend that many of the students witnessed the acts; and- did not attempt .to stop them, and that therefore they are as . blameworthy as, the actual offenders. A senior, officer of .the Australian • forces .declared • i/hat he ~ intends to "move -.thd,,Retnmod Soldi?!*’ League to approach all. the sports bodies with the object; of ostracising all of the University: teams 'for six .months, saying tluit iv few apVJogiqs or prosecutions will not; satisfy-the returned soldiers, and that tlm. blot will take a long time to erase, and .every 0 u but must he impressed with.that 'n-1. R.S.A. League officials point oiit that bloodshed would have occurred if auv returned man had witnessed tlio- vandals.'at work.
Public condemnation of flic occurrence is widespread.. Severe punishment and the .-expulsion of the principal offenders is. urged.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 May 1929, Page 6
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170UNDERGRADS ESCAPADE Hokitika Guardian, 24 May 1929, Page 6
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