ENTHUSIASM IN WELLINGTON.
[ Tho all-absorbing topic pf conversation, in , town yesterday was, the rowing, match, and as , one employer, -vrfiose clerks had become ; unsettled by the remarked, "It was .' all scull:and no-brain " for the time.being; From four to' fivo o'clock the streets were , crowded-with people eager to - hear the result'- of the contest.: and the' 1 newspaper offices . were 'besieged by V thousands of The. telephones .'were : requisitioned . by some hundreds, 'and for, the-time/ the 1 town seemed to be existing., for., the one; purpose only—to know who the sculling champion of the world was.' When the result of the : race .was made: known; and it was learned that tho honours rested with the New. Zea-. landerj the croivd gave vent to their- pent-iip feelings bj;. volley after volley of cheers for the victorious , oarsman. Tho win was ex-. tremely popular, and the public did not have the least hesitation in showing their elation at the success, of , the New Zealander, , ;
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 131, 26 February 1908, Page 8
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161ENTHUSIASM IN WELLINGTON. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 131, 26 February 1908, Page 8
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