Seated During National Anthem
«■ —; i There, was some excitement us the I Australian Picture Theatre, Mosman, j Sydney., through the failure of a email j r : ;n in the audience to stand when ; the National Anthem was being play- I eel. 1 Just before the interval a notice was • thrown 011 the screen asking those who j wished to express their loyalty to stand j v.'hile the National Anthem was being j ptayed. I A small group 'remained seated, and j a commotion followed. They wore j .surrounded by an excited crowd, and ; one.eklerlv loyalist- made a swing at | one of the offending youths. . j There was « lot of talk, during which ! the young people explained that they j were Danes. Finally, after a- police- > man had come npon the. scene, order j was restored. ! The people who had been the cause i of the commotion went out, but re- ' turned again after the interval. There j was, however, no further demonstrat- I ion. j
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 23 January 1917, Page 3
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165Seated During National Anthem Levin Daily Chronicle, 23 January 1917, Page 3
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