It has been suggested that this was a reaction to offence caused by the Governor-General of Canada, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis who was of Northern Irish descent and who allegedly arranged to have placed symbols of Northern Ireland, notably a replica of the famous Roaring Meg cannon used in the Siege of Derry, in front of Costello at a state dinner.

Waitiri Station is the major ranch of the Kawarau Gorge and runs from the Bungy Bridge to the Roaring Meg on SH6.

* Musty, A. E. S. ( 2007 ) Roaring Meg: Test Firing a Copy of Colonel Birch's Civil War Mortar.

It has been suggested that it was a spur of the moment reaction to offence caused by the Governor-General of Canada, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis who was of Northern Irish descent and who allegedly placed symbols of Northern Ireland, notably a replica of the famous Roaring Meg cannon used in the Siege of Derry, before an affronted Costello at a state dinner.

Finally, in late June, the Royalist fled, having observed a Parliamentarian army, including a Roaring Meg siege cannon approaching the town.

Fairfax's men began to dig trenches towards the castle, and used these to move mortars forward, probably including the famous " Roaring Meg ", bringing the interior of the castle into artillery range.

Kawarau River with Roaring Meg hydro station

The Roaring Meg Hydro Scheme discharges into the Kawarau, and at times the lower station has been flooded by the river.

Below these are the dangerous Nevis Bluff, Citroen and Roaring Meg sections.

They met at Hopton Heath and were attacked there by the Royalists, whose force consisted of about 1, 100 cavalry, 100 foot and artillery, including a large artillery piece called " Roaring Meg ".

Roaring Meg may refer to:

* Roaring Meg ( cannon ), any of several large siege cannon

* Roaring Meg hydro scheme, a hydroelectric scheme on the Kawarau River in New Zealand

* Roaring Meg ( Stevenage ), a retail park in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England

* Roaring Meg ( waterfall ), a waterfall in the Daintree National Park in North Queensland, Australia

:* rugged mountain peaks and gorges with swiftly flowing rivers and spectacular waterfalls ( e. g., Thornton Peak, Mossman Gorge, Roaring Meg Falls );

During the Civil War he commanded Goodrich Castle, defending it against the Parliamentarians until July 1645 when Colonel John Birch finally broke the defences using the famous cannon Roaring Meg.

From the Roaring twenties # Tolerance towards other groups | Roaring Twenties and the time of Weimar culture: a meeting point for homosexuals, described by Klaus Mann and Christopher Isherwood: the area at Berlin s Nollendorfplatz and Motzstrasse

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" The Roaring Trumpet " in Unknown ( magazine ) | Unknown, May 1940

His story, " The Luck of Roaring Camp ", appeared in the magazine's second issue, propelling Harte to nationwide fame.

In the early " Roaring ' 20s ", Hialeah produced significant entertainment contributions.

The writer Evelyn Waugh exclaimed that her beauty " ran through the room like a peal of bells ", and he dedicated the novel Vile Bodies, a satire of the Roaring Twenties, to the couple.

:* " Part 1: What Made the Roaring ' 20s Roar ", June 2004, pp. 16 – 24.

Johnson composed many hit tunes in his work for the musical theatre, including " Charleston " ( which debuted in his Broadway show Runnin ' Wild in 1923, although by some accounts Johnson had written it years earlier, and which became one of the most popular songs of the " Roaring Twenties "), " If I Could Be With You ( One Hour Tonight )", " You've Got to Be Modernistic ", " Don't Cry, Baby ", " Keep off the Grass ", " Old Fashioned Love ", " A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid ", " Carolina Shout ", and " Snowy Morning Blues ".

* " Linwood ", written and performed by Jon Chandler on The Grand Dame of the Rockies – Songs of the Hotel Colorado and the Roaring Fork Valley ; winner of the 2009 Western Writers of America Spur Award for Best Song

During the Roaring Twenties, the central bank had set as its primary goal " price stability ", in part because the governor of the New York Federal Reserve, Benjamin Strong, was a disciple of Irving Fisher, a tremendously popular economist who popularized stable prices as a monetary goal.

** " The Luck of Roaring Camp ", " The Outcasts of Poker Flat ", and " The Idyl of Red Gulch ", by Francis Bret Harte

The roller rink building was re-floored and used as a skating rink until the mid-1980s, when it was converted into the " Roaring Creek Saloon ", which now contains a concession stand, an arcade, the XD Theater, and performances.

In the United States ' sports-mad decade of the Roaring Twenties Tilden was one of the six dominant figures of the " Golden Age of Sport ", along with Babe Ruth, Howie Morenz, Red Grange, Bobby Jones, and Jack Dempsey.

* De Leon " Roaring Lion ", Rafael ( Mr .)

In 1999, the raid on Baltimore was portrayed in a screenplay titled " Roaring Water, The Sack of Baltimore ", by Irish screenwriter Sean Boyle.

" Aral Vilsn, the Roaring God " is the " father of Skvese (" credit squeeze ") and Blansacredid (" balance of credit ") the gods of Doom and Chaos ", named after economic terms of the period when the books were written.

In The Wichita Eagle, Susan L. Rife wrote that the new production was a " lavish ode to the outright goofiness of the Roaring ' 20s ", praising the actors ' exuberance and the choreography.

The Roaring Twenties is based on " The World Moves On ", a short story by Mark Hellinger, a columnist who had been hired by Jack Warner to write screenplays.

Also adjoining the park at the west side is the surviving building ( 1904 ) from the Roaring Spring Planing Mill Company.

The Roaring Spring Historic District is locally significant in the areas of architecture, industry and social history as an excellent example of a paternally founded and managed paper-mill town in central Pennsylvania, one whose architecture reflects how the growth of a hometown, family-owned industry stimulated and, in many cases, directed the development patterns and architectural character of the community.

As one example of this phenomenon, many of the houses in Roaring Spring built at the turn of the century appear to be older Victorian types, such as many Gothic Revivals models of the era which are really double-pile Georgian types in plan.

In summary, Roaring Spring stands as an excellent example of a paternally founded and managed paper-mill town in central Pennsylvania, one whose buildings reflect how the growth of a hometown family-owned industry stimulated and, in many cases, directed the development patterns and architectural character of the community.

The themes of Industry, Architecture and Social History, make Roaring Spring an excellent example of a locally significant historic district.

Bernstein offers another ludicrous example: " Roaring down the track at seventy miles an hour, the stalled car was smashed by the train.

For example, she was suicidally depressed during the Great Depression and deliriously high during the Roaring Twenties.

It may be as long and general as the medieval era or as limited as one decade — the Roaring Twenties, for example.

For example, in the first story, " The Roaring Trumpet ," Shea intends to visit the world of Irish Mythology, and instead ends up in Norse mythology.