"AT THE STATUE."
;;, ; ■''■■'Acommon'soene'm'Wellijigton, at the;''statiie,.of Her- jMajosty,. the late Queen.; Mob-oratory has become a re-:!-cognised form of entertainment in. Wellingfon.of late yearg. The most popular vantage point is the, statue..at.the. • approach to the Queen's Wharf, from the steps leading to which politicians; socialists, leaders of tqe unemployed, and.lq- , , quacious nobodies harangue the public at the slightest pretest with more or loss offect. A' constant interchange of : "pleasantries" adds zest to the,proceedings, and is to many tho chief, attraction. 1 Oar photograph was taken 1 -'; during the present" week, .and it will be noted that the: , "audience" is more' interested in the'photographer than la the eloquence o£ Comrade'Dowdall, the orator , of the moment'. ■ ■ . -; ; ,-'..■•■:■ ,:■ .. v, .■ . ■ ■■;■':-■
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 562, 17 July 1909, Page 6
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114"AT THE STATUE." Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 562, 17 July 1909, Page 6
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