LLOYD GEORGE “RAGGED.”

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2645, 14 May 1923, Page 5

LLOYD GEORGE “RAGGED.”

EDINGURGH STUDENTS. EGGS, ONIONS AND A HEN. “ The chief asset' which a politician should possess is a stout heart.” said Mr. Lloyd George, in his rectorial address at Edinburgh. The students took him at his word, and throughout his speech*he needed all the “ stoutness of heart” which he possessed Vo withstand the “ ragging.” Hundreds of students were disappointed because they could not obtain admission to the McEwan Hall, where Mr. Lloyd George gave his address. They amused themselves for a time by pelting the police on duty with decayed vegetables and rotten eggs. When this palled, they made a united onslaught on the doors, and after a terrific battle, were repulsed. Inside pandemonium reigned. Before the former Prime Minister appeared, a chosen few, dressed as dons, and with one of their number “ featured ” as Mr. Lloyd George, held a mock meeting. Finally, they were ejected from the platform by a fores of “ stage police.” The students In the gallery pelted the audience below with bags of flour, onions, rotten fruit, eggs, peas, rolls of paper and Brussels sprouts. Hundreds of feet, staipped in concert, punctuated every sentence of Mr. Lloyd George’s speech, and, to add to the confusion, a live hen was dropped on the heads of those below.