' Our illustration was intended t>o give our ratters an idea of the,huge and enthusiastic audience which packed the I own Hall last evening at the meeting of citizens to protest against Parliament shelving the business of tho Country. Unfortunately, at . a critical moment when the photograph was being taken tho member for Wellington i couth unexpectedly obtruded himself before the lens of the camera, and so blotted out a large portion, of the audience. The photograph, however, gives a fair idea of the packed state of . the section of the hall shown. Behind and at, tho sides'of the photographer were hundreds of citizens, who could not-be brought within the fvras of the camera.: .....

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 535, 16 June 1909, Page 8

' Our illustration was intended t>o give our ratters an idea of the,huge and enthusiastic audience which packed the I own Hall last evening at the meeting of citizens to protest against Parliament shelving the business of tho Country. Unfortunately, at . a critical moment when the photograph was being taken tho member for Wellington i couth unexpectedly obtruded himself before the lens of the camera, and so blotted out a large portion, of the audience. The photograph, however, gives a fair idea of the packed state of . the section of the hall shown. Behind and at, tho sides'of the photographer were hundreds of citizens, who could not-be brought within the fvras of the camera. : .....