Burning Effigies in Auckland.
The feeling in Auckland wag very strong on the subject of the resolutions for the abolition of the Northern Provinces. When the news was received that the resolutions were carried, arrangements were made for burning the Auckland members who supported themin effigy,—Messrs Vogel, Luckie, Wood, Creighton, and Buckland namely. The Evening Star contains a graphic report of the affair, from which we extract the concluding portion :
'* By the time the procession had reached the Barrack square, proximity to the Premier had led the crowd to undue familiarity with Mr Vogel, and several had been lighting matches and poking them against his clothing. At length the amateur attempts disturbed the order of the programme, for the fire reaching the combustibles in his inwards the Premier was immediately in a blaze. Th« drapery on
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Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 259, 15 September 1874, Page 3
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136Burning Effigies in Auckland. Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 259, 15 September 1874, Page 3
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