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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10710, 30 September 1912, Page 5

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ENTHUSIASTIC SCENJ'SHS SIGNING THE COVENAwBH (Received This Morning, 12.35 o'<^H9j LONDON, SeptemberS Ulster Day was favoured with brnfl Thousands of religious services werw hold through Ireland. i Belfast was Sundaylike, excepting the streets which were decorated with a wealth of Union Jacks and orange emblems., The greatest service was held at. Ulster Hall, and was attended by Sir Edward Carson, behind whom was a standard bearer with the Boyno Flag, the Lord Mayor, Corporation, Peers, and members of the House of Commons. Sir Charles Beresford on entering the building was cheered, upon which the organisers, emphasising the solemnity of the occasion, declared that all worshippers should be received in silence.

I Dr William MoKean, a Presbyter- | lan clergyman, preached n sermon, ] the Anglican, Methodist and'Congi-eg- , '.".tic"*! participating in tW I service. ■ ' $ | Dr McKean remarked that Ireland I wanted a rest from political agitation. I TUstcrmen would support political an.l j pocial reforms but would not have ! Homo Rule. The applause which followed was quickly suppressed. Sir Edward Carson was escorted tothe City Hall amid enthusiastic scene's, and signed the Covenant on a tables covered with Union Jacks. He used a silver pen. Lord Londonderry neat signed and then the heads of the Protestant churches and other notabilities. The Corporation was present ifi scarlet robes. Sir Edward Carson and other prominent visitors afterwards took part in a procession through the thronged and cheering crowds. The Primate of Ireland sent a message to Sir Edward Carson, stating, "May God give you strength and wis- ■ dom to guide Ireland's faithful Don* | in trying to save our beloved land,f rent the degradation and disaster of religious strife and civil war." EXCITING INCIDENT. (Received This Morning, 1.10 o'clock.)LONDON, September 20. The Unionist Clubs arid Orange Lodges held a procession in the afternoon. .The signing of the Covenant continued until night. An exciting incident followed a football match. .Several green flags wore waved in Grosvenor Street, which was the signal for revolver shots and free fights. The riot was not serious, and the police dispersed ilT> law-breakers. The Covenant was signed in all tho large cities of the United Kingdom. The .Uhtermen of Edinburgh signed on the gravestone in Greyfriars Churchyard,..on- which the Covenant of 1638 was signed.