MAY DAY
RIOTOUS DEMONSTRATIONS MANY PARIS POLICE WOUNDED. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received May 4, o-5 p.m.) PARK, May 2. The night passed quietly. Two hundred and fifty police had been wounded, lid seriously. The civilian casualties are not stated. The crowd used revolvers at several points. One man was shot dead at the Place de I’Opera. The injuries are chiefly duo to sabres, batons, and sticks. A meeting of the General Confederation of Labour condemned the Government’s action. They meet to-day ■fo'consider' the situation. ‘ The Socialists will interpellate the Government when the Chamber of Deputies meets. policemen” shot at boston. Australian, and N.Z. Cable ’Association. NEW YORK,’ May .2. The “New York World’s” 'Boston correspondent states that three policemen wore shot anti a number of persons injured in the May Day riots between soldiers, sailors, and Radicals.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10271, 5 May 1919, Page 5
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