DEMONSTRATION DAY.
The Procession. [By Telegraph,—Press Association,] Wellington,, Friday, The weather is calm and lino for Demonstration Da;, but uncertain and cloudy, The main feature of the morning was a procession, which left Government Buildings at 9.45, headed by a Liliputian pony and ohaise, Five binds,' including the Maoris from Ouki took part,. The usual display was made of bannors and trado trophies, one or two o( tho lattor being now, Carpenters had erected a substantial and ecclesiastical looking structure, with root cunningly designed of shavings, The Temperance people had managed to insert themselves between two brewery waggous, filled with barrels and a car containing an invitation to a tap room filled with drunken men rolling about, This drew attention to the horrors of the drink traffic, but was not at all an attractive sight. A novel feuturo was a band of 48 lads from the Boys lustituto, in Naval uniform. Tlib day is being kept a close holiday and sports wijl lake place at Newtown Park this afternoon,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4255, 28 October 1892, Page 3
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169DEMONSTRATION DAY. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4255, 28 October 1892, Page 3
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