THE DAMPER.
Towards ton o'clock a drizzling rain commenced to fall, and; the consequence was that the Volunteers ja no; wise hurried themselves, foreseeing .that it would not be judicious to do honor to the Queen or themselves under such circumstances. By half-past ten o'clock the rain -came down in a style which the feeble term " cats and dogs," is totally inadequate to-express. .Hence the little excursion: to Parawai wasspoilt, very much to the chagrin of everybody. It -had been determined, we believe, by the officer commanding the district, to hold g,n oppri air parade at Parawai, where the priaes eo«?d hj^ye ]jepp. delivered, but' the inclement weather quite V'pd put intentions of the kind, and the c'elebratio^ had to be conducted with much meekness, with no ardent fire, but a good derVof I water and mud.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1992, 24 May 1875, Page 2
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137THE DAMPER. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1992, 24 May 1875, Page 2
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