THE RECEPTION.
'j ;:' 'TOWN. 'CLEEE'eXPIiAINS; ■'"• : "' I •■■' .■'■' ,;,,: '. .: -Apropos of \ the. allegations' of muddle-' ment. m-connection iwith' the .'civic- -reception ■ to : Lord ■' - • Kitchener, ' the Town: Clerk: (Mr." J; , R. Palmer) states: that the public';were admitted to.the Town Hall, by the. main; entrance .and the' .Victoria Street doors.,; Instructions': were" issued to the griardians.of'; the Mercer -Street doors that.Vnone but. certain: .(particularised) persons;-were, to be ,'allowe'd j in:' The officerat : the-main door.bad "orders that, even: after.; the: "House full" order "went • forth;he ,was ttf'admit certain privileged persons., ;As far as the doorkeeper., on the Mercer i Street.; frontage, was concerned,, Mr.- Palmer 'considers that : he might easily < have ■;, used : a ' little discretion ■ and ■ still. have carried out his orders.- -.•"•Keferring to'.His Excellency the • Gbyernor's' appointment at one door, the Town ■'Clerk states that;immediately on.'being-informed ;bf the state of affairs he rangnp Captain jWaterfield, who replied - that •, the matter resulted ■ from; a . small;, misunderstanding for ;whioh' none. of ;the in charge ; of.-"affairs , were responsible'. , ."..,- ■ ■ \-;
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 6
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160THE RECEPTION. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 6
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