CROWD TAKES CHARGE.
ANTI-.MILITARISTS DENIED A HEARING. CHEERS FOR THE UNIOX JACK. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland. Friday. A crowd took charge of a meeting in Dcvonport Hall last night at which Reg. Williams, an anti-militarist, attempted to deliver a lecture, illustrated by pictures, showing the -horrors of war.'Fjftv cadets carrying rides marched in and occupied tile three front scatß. Williams was not given a hearing. The crowd sang patriotic songs and popular choruses. The lecturer, persisting, was repeatedly counted out with shouts which shook the building, the cadets keeping time with their rifle butts on the floor. One of the audience remarked that the lecturer ought to .be shot. Williams replied that he was a rifleman, and invited any of the interrupters to adjourn to a neighboring paddock. There was a chorus of shouts of acceptance, but the lecturer contented himself with another effort. He cut out his speech, but continued to show the pictures, amid constant din, singing, whittling and stamping. The meeting ended in disorder, tfho crowd giving cheers for the Union Jack.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 21, 13 June 1914, Page 4
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175CROWD TAKES CHARGE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 21, 13 June 1914, Page 4
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