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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1215, 25 August 1911, Page 5

There was a considerable disturbance on Wednesday ni«ht at the Drill Shed, Onohuiipi, (hirini; the medical examination of Territorials. A crowd of about 000 young men collected outside (he slu-d before .proceedings commenced, and started pelting the building with stones and beating kerosene tin?., A lame stone smashed ono of the windows, and very nearly struck a young man who was being examined inside. The police were, present, and frustrated numerous attempt l ; that were made to rush the dcor, admitting applicants for examination in batches of twelve. While the examination was proceeding a large, crowd cf youths paraded the streets beating tins and milking night hideous. Owinj to (lie disturbance only about 120 were examined. Feeling ran very high, and at ono time things s-ccmed likely to bencano serious, but eventually, about 10 p.m., thp crowd dispersed. Four medical men were engaged in tho examination.

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Reporting to the City Council last evening on the suggestion put forward by Jlr. Joseph Ellis, of the Wellington Technical School, that the Queen's Stntuo now bcing re-erected -in Kent Terrace- should be raised a few feet, tho City Engineer stated that tho most satisfactory mot hod of proceeding would be lo form a small mound or plateau, with steps leading up to it. The sides of the mound would bo covered with turf or sods, and a small kerbing placed ronml tho bottom edge. A possible objection to such .1 scheme- would bo tho obstruction caused to pedestrian frame along the centre of th? ressrvc. Trouble, would bo oxporienend in preserving tho nrn'i- sides of the bank, but tho sclumiui would bo an clTective method of raising the statuo, .and then only 5 feet would bo gained in height. The estimated additional cost would bo .£3OO, if stono step_s and kerbing wero provided, and dCISO if concrete steps and kerbiug woro used. Tie r.esort was laid c-a the tablo.