LABOUR DAY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15750, 27 October 1914, Page 4

LABOUR DAY.

CELEBRATION IN AUCKLAND, C

MANY VISIT THE BEACHES.

PROCESSION AND. SPORTS

IS Say conditions for the T,k' Day holiday yesterday were enough to induce huge crowds t 0 c , open air recreation. Some, threaten nig conditions m the morning {ailed £ develop into rain of an .v consequence, only a lew light showers falling, and i n till afternoon the. overcast condition of the sky gradually disappeared, and there w er l occasional bursts of sunshine. Numbers of people who remained indoors in the early part of the day, fearing a Wettin „ .. they ventured out, joined the more ,„„ turesome holiday crowds niter luncheon and had no reason to regret having dona so. Ihe principal amotion of the day was tho Labour Day procession and sports at the Domain, a double event which a* traded thousands of spectators Most of the shops, offices, a nd busing establishments were ; '. bc d, but desnits that fact the city was crowded all day and until well on in the evening, both with Mo menaders and picnic parties on the way to and from Auckland's popular seaside 1+ sorts. A feature of the day was the un wonted number of summer frocks donned for the first tune this season by th fair sex.

Tho Devonport and Takapuna Ferrv Companies ran excursions throughout th'a day. The latter carried large crowds to J akapuna and the neighbouring beaches The Devonport Company had an exceed ingly busy day, thousands of people be : m conveyed to St. Heliers Bay, Kofcim* ' rama, where 600 boy scouts,' with many relatives and friends, spent an outing Motutapu, Rangitoto, and Howick. The' usual holiday exodus to Devonport and Cheltenham beaches was, if anything, exceeded, while Noilhcote was by no moans neglected. On the city side tho Ponsonby and Parnell beaches wets visited by numbers of people, and the various city and suburban paries attracted numerous others. SUCCESSFUL DEMONSTRATION. AN ATTRACTIVE DISPLAY. The annual Labour Day procession and sports attracted the usual interest yesterday and the streets through which the procession passed were thronged with people. A feature of the procession was a number of bands. In front marched the Trades and Labour Silver Band, making its first appearance. Then came the Ponsonby Drum and Fife Bauds, No. 1 and No. 2 and at intervals the Onehunga Brass Band' the Mount Eden Drum and Fife Band! and the Onehunga Drum and Fife Band. The union displays were interesting and attractive. First came the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, represented by a model engine of an old pattern and - a fine model of a first-class carriage of modern type. The Bakers, in white,' •-•■ and bearing the instruments of the trade, V were followed by the Brewery Workers, 'V with the Bootmakers, Iron' and Brass Founders, Plasterers, and various comio displays following. A political tableau, • decorated trolleys manned by small boys, ".. and gaily-ornamented vehicles completed »■ the list. One vehicle made an appeal on behalf of the Belgian Fund, and although a small boy at one stage of the procession dropped S the bucket containing all the contributions, the fund benefited to a very large''"'4 extent by the prominent position accorded b: it. ■ /; At the Domain. Many hundreds of people visited the' 1 . Domain during the day, and the sports -' were watched by an interested gathering.' £ The picnic spirit was abroad, and alt '$ appeared to enjoy themselves. Children' raced everywhere, and the persuasive show.,,.J man did brisk business. .*§: Two accidents occurred during. the :, morning. While helping to adorn a lorry* which was to take part in the procession; v| Frederick S. Bow, a plasterer, who Te« 1 sides in Brown Street, Ponsonby, received % painful injuries. A piece of heavy material which was being used in the opera-' tions fell upon one of Bow's legs, breaking it at the ankle. Dr. Moir attended g the injured man shortly after the acci-. .'" dent, and ordered his removal to the hos- • pital. A little girl, aged 11 yeaii named Kathleen Pardington. was run ir.'tl gx by a cyclist and was admitted to the hoi rpital in a semi-conscious condition, suffer ■'-'■ ing considerably from shock. .<§ Competition Winners. ■M The list of prize-winners in the various g| competitions was as follows —Best and ;j£ Most Complete Trades' Union Display: -: Auckland Plasterers' Union. _ Emblem g Display by Individual Unionist: D.||J Armishaw, model of cake. Groomed and decorated- Mare or Gelding, ridden hy|f butcher's apprentice, E. Meldrum, 1 ; G. Sg Morris, 2. Largest and Most Comical "i Display : J. Bassett and party, " Dark g Town "Band." 1; F. Tucker and party,?; " Bottle, Oh!", 2. Decorated Pony, ridden' . by boy or girl : E. G. Cleal. 1: L. J. -'J Manns'. 2: Fancy Dress Costume: E. £; Marshall. "Red Indian Chief." Decorated | Boy's Trolley or Cart : E. Neil. 1:0. < Wilson, 2; L. Malton, 3; C. R. Rockley, 4. Display by Any Labour Organisation : \ Social Democratic Party's tableau, 1: tableau bv Housewives' Union, 2. Fire s, Brigade* Decorated Reel Display : Newmar- ;;. ket Fire Brigade. 1. >* The result of the competition, for Dr. Stcpford's cup, for the union having the Largest percentage of its members in the procession, will "be announced later.