MAYDAY IN PRANCE.
.... DEMONSTRATION IN PARIS. ■('fun CHARGE BY CUIRASSIERS. ARRESTS MADE. By Telegraph.-Pre«» Aiisoelntion.-Copyrlghb. (Received May 2, 9 a.m.) PARIS, Ist May. Despite the Government's decision to prohibit Labour demonstrations on May Day, on the ground 'that they would interfere with traflic, intending demonstrators attempted to gather in the Place de la Concorde, the noted square north of the Seine and west of the Tuileries. Their way was barred, however, and they thon assembled in tha Champa Elyseea (an avenue, and tho gardens surrounding it, extending from the Place de la Concorde for a distance of one and a quarter miles). Cuirassiers charged the mob. j Several arrests, including that of a man charged with firing a revolver, were made. A policeman was stabbed in the back during tho disturbance. SOCIALISTS IN SYDNEY. REPUDIATION OF LABOUR PARTIES. (Received May 2, 9.55 a.m.) SYDNEY, Thin Day. The Socialists held a May Day meeting and adopted a resolution repudiating the so-called Labour parties of Australia and condemning the j-onscription lawn.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 102, 2 May 1911, Page 7
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169MAYDAY IN PRANCE. Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 102, 2 May 1911, Page 7
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