LABOUR DAY.

CELEBRATION ON MONDAY.

PROCESSION AND SPORTS

SOME NOVELTIES PROMISED.

A general holiday will be observed in the city on Monday, Labour Day. Government offices, the banks, the Stock Exchange, and the majority of business places will be closed.

, Principal interest centres in the procession and sports organised by the Labour Day Committee. The procession, it is expected, will be the largest of its kind ever held in Auckland. The trade displays, in particular, should be good, and will be representative of most of the industries of the province. The entries received from city business firms are the ; largest yet received for a Labour Day ! procession. Some trades will be repre- | sented by no less than seven or eight vehicles. The variety of the displays may be gauged froia the fact that a bullock team arid one of the most modern aeroplanes imported to the Dominion will be included in the procession. A number of the decorated vehicles will be occupied By workers demonstrating their respective trades. Members of the various unions will also take part in the procession. The procession will leave Quay Street at 10 a.m., proceeding up Queen Street, Wellesley Street West, Hobson Street, Karangahape Road, aiong Grafton Bridge, and thence to the Domain. The public are warned against crowding at corners, in view of the presence of the bullocks in the procession, and are also warned not to stand under any low-hanging wires, in view of the possibility of banners catching in such. A comprehensive sports programme has been arranged to take place at the Domain. In addition to numerous athletic events, there will be a baby show, dancing and piping events, boy scout and sea scout displays, and a tug-of-war between teams from ELM.S. Chatham and H.M.S. Philomel.

Holiday excursion tickets will be issued on the railways to enable people from Mercer, Helensville and intermediate stations to visit Auckland. They will be available for return until Tuesday. Excursion fares will also prevail to suit passengers visiting the Waikato Hunt Club's races at ClaudelancLs. Special trains will be put on, and certain alterations made in the ordinary time-tables. A picnic and sports at Pine Island has been arranged by the Temperance Guards' Silver Band, while various harbour excursions have also been arranged. Mr Clement L. Wragge's topical gardens at Birkenhead will be open during the day. The beach carnival, which it was proposed to hold at Park on Labour Day, in aid of the Titirangi soldiers' memorial church fund, has been postponed until 27, owing to the unsettled weather conditions.

The annual musical festival and elocutionary competitions of the Methodist Church of New Zealand, which commence at Hamilton to-day, will conclude on Monday with a concert in the Hamilton Town Hall.