WELLINGTON NOTES.
[Fko_. Our Correspondent.] • - WELLINGTON, August 30. ' THE CADETS. Colonel Loveday, who has jusfc returned from the south, after superintending the parades of Cadets at Dunedin and Christchurch, in connection wifch Lord Plunkefc's visits, informs me thafc the Premier's remarks in the House, regarding annual camps of cadets, have been warmly taken up by the officers in the south, wlio thoroughly approve of any scheme that will give the boys practical experience of camp . life. THE QUEEN'S STATUE. A start was made yesterday niorning with the excavation work in connection with the erection of the Queen's statue, afc the Post Office Triangle. The pedestal, which is being supplied by the City Council, is to b? seventeen feefc liigh, and will consist, of thirty tons of Aberdeen granite, arranged in steps to the foot of the statue itself.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8102, 30 August 1904, Page 3
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