Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 29, No. 6. 1966.

No Horse For Queen

No Horse For Queen

NZSPA Service

On the Sunday of the Royal Visit to Christchurch, police clashed with a dinosaur.

The beast, star of the Capping Revue. "What the Dinosaur." was on the back of a truck going from the Civic Theatre to a hostel for repairs.

But this was Worcester Street, on the Queen Mother's route to Christ-church Cathedral. So four policemen arrived and told the students "to take that horse away."

The students protested they were not misbehaving and were surprised to find they were on the royal route. They denied subversive motives but the police took their names.