Anti-Home Rule Procession.
Lord Mayor Knill presided OV3r a meeting in the City protesting against Home Rule. About 2000 mer- ! chants, shipowners, bankers and leading citizens marched in procession from the Stock Exchange to. Guildhall. It met with an enthusiastic reception, crowds of people thronging the streets along the line of march, and raising cheer upon cheer. Among those who spoke at the meeting were Sir John Lubbock and Mr Chamberlain. A resolution was carried that the granting of Home Rule to Ireland would bo in^ jurious to the best interests of the Kiugdom. The proceedings at the Guildhall meeting were characterised by remarkable enthusiasm. Copies of the Home Rule Bill were burned to ashes in the presence of the gathering.
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Manawatu Herald, 6 May 1893, Page 2
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121Anti-Home Rule Procession. Manawatu Herald, 6 May 1893, Page 2
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