WHARF ARRANGEMENTS ON SATURDAY
Mr. L. M. Isitt called the attention l of the Minister for Defence in the House of Representatives to-day to the arrangements on Saturday for admission to the wharves of the relatives of soldiers who took part in the big parade. The Minister said that he knew what had taken place, because he saw it from the Maunganui*. Public notification was given of the arrangements — the committee in charge of which were representatives of the Harbour Board, the police, and the Defence Department. People, however, did not keep to the arrangements, and many of them who forced their way in were caught in a cul-de-sac. He was not prepared m the future to have the wharves thrown open to the public. The gates at Queen's Wharf had been closed at 3 o'clock in the interests of the relatives of the soldiers, who by then should have been on the wharf. Mr. Isitt said the gates were closed at 3 p.m., and they were not opened until ten minutes later, when there -was a tremendous accummulation of people, and almost a riot.
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Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 87, 11 October 1915, Page 8
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