ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE RECEPTION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 626, 1 October 1909, Page 8

ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE RECEPTION.

, ' A LUKEWARM DEMONSTRATION POLICE AGAIN IN EVIDEiNCE , ~(B» TdegraDh.-Speclal .OorrMDoodaattl. - ; Auckland, September 30 -Nit'oven tfco •wildest stfetbh. of 'imagination' ibe-Prime'Min-': ■irister to-day-; as : other than lukewarm: -'' By elaborate'-arrangeinerits for the 'the: •: • • • military, and. cadets' the-'Eoception'! Committee 'iMcuif^d^'sdinetliing-iOf'a.'streetv shoiv/ arid 'a w;K ! 'crowd'' wUl.'':'alwiiys. ; :gatheTV.to''.watch ' a -maroh'however,' a'lvery'indifferent ; :;.-s- muster- .ofv-volunteers.? '.'The: cadets',, were preftl&V - Bent ■ ln|2reat'-;f orce'j ■arid, were - prac--ticallAHio 'procession. V:; :^l'TOiifei'a > "detaoliinerit/of -bluejackets and a .'•V'i-t v 1 were.: warmly 16;/. ; \vheh' Sir. Joseph Ward 1 landed • there - ' ■ ...wnj n cheer followed.by.booines and groans from Bvlarge muster,.said to be Socialists. : ' -. v C'tv'- 1 ;'--'. ..The quickly formed -and .;. : itar'cd . off . up'- . Queen .-.Street, There ''0v ?'was;' a fairly.vlargejcrowd: ne'ar-rthe,:;.'landing-.';.:Cv' place, l)«t nothing beyond tho ordinary after- / ' noou crowd ; in Queen SlTeet proper. Before" the procession started on • the'.way-up tho- street ; ithe;ddvancc £uard : of bluejackets was frequently v ' •''.r- CT.e'et6d,'''.buts: ( thb^.'.Prime Minister arid-- his cpl- !;■ y: Jeagnes. were'fir tho "most-part'' allowed '-to,.'.pass : lri^silorice;;. : The,-cadets,.''.however, -'came iri : for, sbmd'testinioriy of appreciation, and.near the . :. ; .. end of- the procession came two vbrake-loads" of, • veterans. One would have thought the' whole •/.&show theni'was a';triumphal procession- for the : }.:v : ,-61(1''soldiers,'-as,.they. and : agair...- Further ")\p-,,tlie'-street-'-there wasJsome v'' ti: -more groaning, .with-here^and".there si cheer; . ;As therEriwe-'Mini'ster,'.j)ass6d; : , : - one man ';*Ucmßted to rush out'.to tne.cairiaEe. What

his'- object;. wds.Jis'Tibt/'known, 'for, he ; . was'' c6llarcd f policeman. - A strong force- of police pis.-present, and; a, numbor/of .constables wero ■ never very far from Sir- Joseph, . At-Albert Park, howevor,. tnore was a good crowds and there was some hand-clapping to compensate for;the chilling reception in the street;' but when Sir-Josepn started' to speak there was such a.loud outburst of mixed cheering and booing that he : could not make himself heard for borne 'minutes. Subsequently,''however, the noisy section calmed', down, and listened fairly, patiently./ , ■■ '.Afterwards someone called, for ' three,.'cheers for Sir Joseph: 1 - These were given'.by a'section bf >the crowd* - and then a - voice was'.heard, 'Three cheors for tho National Dobt,"-,and i the proceedings terminated ' with, an' outburst \of laughtor 'following;, this sally.. '.-/.The. Prime Minister .looks' somewhat worn afid.tired after- ; his" travels,'.and- seemed'to 'lack .his characteristic yiin; but after tho'.-frosty reception he'; received -:it' is 'little wonder if he did feel depressed at'hii.home-coming;'