LABOUR DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 249, 20 October 1922, Page 3

LABOUR DAY.

CELEBRATIONS IN AUCKLAND. THREE DAYS' PP.IK'.RAM.MK. The Labour Day celebration* will be commenced to-morrow afternoon at the Domain, afid will pNteml over Sunday and Monday. Kit som? weeks pa-t tlie various unions in Auckland have been preparing for the occasion, and they ■liavo now arranged a attractive programme lli<it should provide plenty of entertainment for ynmijj ami old. The Domain cricket ground i- being transformed into a representation of a fairy lx>wer, and a system of clpetric lijr.itinj; is be:npc installed for the evening sessions. To-morrow afternoon the sports projtrammo "ill '»<■ commenced, and in addition there will be dancing, wrestling and tusj-o'-war competitions and a baby show. besU'es poi damts by a troupe of Maoris hrousht from Rotorua specially for the occasion. The latter item should ].ro\c most popular. In the evening ther? will bo open-air pictures, dancing on the preen, and confetti battles, which s!i mi Id also be attractive. On Si.nday a jireat Labour demonstration will b? held, and in addition to speeches by Labour representatives, including Members of Parliament, the Waterside Workers" Band and the Maoris will contribute items An impromptu speech contest on the subject of "Labour" will also be he'd. On Monday there will be a procession, and the displays that will be made arc said to be quite in advance nl ant previous similar ofTort. Those taking part will require to be in Quay Street by '.) o'clock, in onier that the jiTdfrins may be completed. The procession will leave the loot of Queen Street at l<) a.m.. and will proceed via Queen. Wi'l'es'.ey, Hobsou and Pitt Street- and Karanjriihape Road lo the Domain. On arrival tliere the sports will h-? continued, another excellent programme having been arranged. The celebrations will be con-ch-ded in the pveninjr with open-air pictures, dancing and confetti baulks.