A NEW ZEALAND INCIDENT.
The unpleasant episode,, in India, in •which a prominent Native turned hi& : back upon "Royalty, recalls an episode in the l : :.fe of the late Mr It. .1. v, ivlc.li the g/atrai public mlay have forgotten. In the year 1898 Mr Seddon accompanied Lord Ranfurly, then .Gove r.nor of the Dominion-, on a visit to Hastings. The Mayor and his Councillors were assembled at the railway station to .extend a civic welcome to the ViceRegal Party. His Excellency shook hands with each 0i the Councillors an turn. The Prime Minister was dbing likewise, 'but when he came to Civ Murdo-i-h, that gentleman deliberately turned b : is back upon Mr Sedr don. The insult was resented by the local presis, and the public showed its disgust by relegating Mr Murdoch to obscurity/oni the first opportunity. Mir Seddon,. though.-he laughed at the incident, was plainly affected at the insult offered the Crown.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10521, 9 January 1912, Page 4
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154A NEW ZEALAND INCIDENT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10521, 9 January 1912, Page 4
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