WOMEN ASSERT THEIR LOYALTY.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3571, 6 September 1920, Page 6

WOMEN ASSERT THEIR LOYALTY.

‘‘LET NO DOG BARK. The other ariernoon the vestuble of he .Sydney Town Hall Provided a wonderful spectacle (says iU ’ ft- had been advertised as ame ting ,f “ the loyal women of Australia. L Mrs. Mercer had moved .and a Mrs. Campbell Bene had seconded a resoluion protesti: g against the use of the [•own Hal ■ to welcome publicly men civic, ed of sedition. Then a lady ras granted permission to mount the datfonn and moved an amendment. ‘Seeing that the majority of the men irere adjudged innocent,” she began, ihen a housand loud shrieks echoed trough the building. “Put her down!” “Put her out!” ’wo policemen dashed forward and eseued the intrepid woman, who had een thrust down the steps, and might ave been, porn to pieces. At this moment a woman in a red oat sprang to her feet, vociferating: Is this your . so-called British juste?” . . ' “Yes, Yes!” shrilled the excited adience. “Get- out! Get out!” Friend of Lady in Red Goat: I can mount for 75 relations at the war. A Voice: I can’t account for it! deafening-:shrieks, while a lady-Him ie dais snffiffedeefe, bo-t.'leo of dts.) (eoneeri? g'nseHV osnseH The Chairman: Whoever sp*&kH : «'ut.r order will die, ejected: A section began o Pjjfc: s i@ but tb ® .g was applied by 0 God Save the King.” The Chairwoman: "We are rian. We respect and we e Christ that these women . Fprcar.) On a’ show of hands the minppitv. , is found to consist of a compac and . termined bloc. When silence . was restored Mrs. ite Doherty moved, supported by ( rs. Chapman: “That we, the loyal _ men here assembled, protest against. . Mannix being aTlowed to return Australia. ’ ’ The mover declared that she spoke _ a Catholic, and as the mother of], o Catholic soldiers, -and voiced the, inion cf loyal Catholics 1 throughout f stralia. The. tunin’t had drawn a crowd at 3T y door and window, and during , t resolution twe men entered the itibule. m[•ho Chairman: “This is a women s eting. If you want to' come in. idly change your paraphernalia!” pplause.) 1