DIRECT CONTESTS

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11960, 15 October 1924, Page 8

DIRECT CONTESTS

(Cdntinued from previous page.) EXTREMISTS CLASH FASCISTS AND COMMUNISTS SEQUEL AT POLICE COURT. . Reuter’s Telegram LONDON, October 13. Four men were charged at . Bow street in connection with the disturbance at the Communist meeting in Trafalgar on Sunday. A policeman said he heard one of the men, who wore a Fascist badge, calling the crowd “Dirty dogs.” He refused to go away, and was arrested in orler to prevent a breach of the peace, as she crowd was threatening. The accused told the magistrate that the crowd surrounded him when they saw his badge. He sang the National Anthem when he heard the 1 Flag” sung. The magistrate said he was provocative, and hound him over lo keep the peace. „ The evidence showed that three ether members of the crowd rushed the policeman who .was taking the Fascist away, and one, who struck the uoliceman, shouted, “Come on, here are the Fasciti.” He was sentenced 10 31 days’ imprisonment. Another was bound over. ~ . , , , The magistrate .told .the third, a lad of seventeen, who was described as a shop boy, to go back and clean the hhop. -It was useless to waste time ever a- ridiculous shopboy. - broadcastinc m . ■ not a complete success. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received October 14, 7.30 p.m.) „ „ „ LONDON, October 13. The .broadcasting of Mr Macdonald’s speech at Glasgow is not regarded as a complete success. Listeners lost pascages when his voice fell, or the speaker turned, or even when he strode along the platform. Nevertheless, the '“Daily Express” states that its shorthand writers were able to take verbatim pas. sages in ite' London office. THE ELECTION OF 1923 PARTIES AND CANDIDATES. Candidates in the 1923 election totalled 1444, for 615 seats. The Conservatives had 536, including 7 women; Labour had 423, of whom 14 were women; the Liberals had 454. of whom 12 were women; and' there were’ 31 others, including 1 woman. The Conservatives returned with their numbers reduced from 344 to 258. Labour increased its strength from 144 members to 191; and the -Liberals also returned stronger, with 144 members in place of 119. The eight others remained as thev were.