Melbourne, Nov. 28, 7 Like types of Australian weather the "push" menace in Melbourne "Visits the city in cycles. A. visita Yon is to-day taking place. jon become that are compelled to take:
ures to cope with the situation, Brawls of considerable Violence have taken place in the suburbs, Carlton, Brunswick. Fawkner, Coburg and Richmond, In almost every instance they have in the bar of an hotel, the licensee has notified the police and they joining the fray, have been fet_on tg by the combatants of Doth sides with the result, few arrests have been made and several Police have been injured. The members of the "pushes" who are: arrested invariably get off with a. £10 fine or three months? imprison ment. What happens is that the col the cost of fines and their members immediately, igo the gangs of young men parading the streets answered to the names. of "Flying Angels," "Bourke Street Rats," "The Camp-ells," and various others. These gangs caused the police trouble at the time but they in. variably fought their batt with the other and some bloodthirsty affairs of hours duration were settled only when large bodies of police, with the use of batons, clear ed the field, To-day the original trouble appears to be pre-arranged with the object of enticing the police to the field of battle and then deal-fog with them in the manner "pushes" alone know. Any mortal thing they can do to hinder the police in the execution of their duty they do, Exactly what method the Police will adopt to deal with the] nuisance to-day is not known but gone by' they adopted the m tactics with very suc~ ts. Singly the members pushes" ave the most arrant.
and one policeman with a good knowledge of fisticuffs has Been known to rout over 60 members
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