COMMUNISTS DEMONSTRATE

Taranaki Daily News, 3 August 1931, Page 9

COMMUNISTS DEMONSTRATE

STREET MEETINGS NOT ALLOWED. ' PROCESSION IN WELLINGTON. , By Telegraph.—J’rest Association. Wellington, August 1. Ofle bf the reasons for which a Communistprocession was called at the Town ifffi.ll Was tb.demand from the Mayor Why tlie Coiiiffiiinist body had been refiis'ed perihisbioh to hold street riieetingS. The Mayor was not available to the deputation, though he arrived ft few minutes after the speakers had had their Say from the steps and departed up tjiib'a Street. Speeches advocating Communism were mAde; Aboiit A d’bzhn cardboard bahhers ■with S&atlet lettering and a red, flag einbfellishuicnt emblematic of Wife Work-, ers of the World were carried. The, chief ekhibit was a black coffin labelled “Number Five Scheme;, Resiilt of Unemployment; O Death, Where is Thy Sting.” The polio© did ribt. iritbffere, ,And the speakers Were- After war ds heckled by members of the cfdwd; I PROCESSiONS IN AUSTRALIA. JJISTURBANCE AT MELBOURNE. Rec. 5.5 p.m, ’ . ; Sydriby, Aug. 1. A march by CojnThuhists. through the city streets, to the- Domain to-day passed ‘qiii'eiiy. . The procession of men, wdmbh and children, ihany of whom crime from the suburban areas, did not exceed 3060. They carried banners bearing extremist Zjvices. The police were reinforced,' but wlire ribt called updii. At MfelhoUrhe the leaders.bf the Communist procession decliiied to follow the route indicated by the pblice to avoid interference with busy .traffic in • the streets, and A clash followed with the police, whose swinging batons AbOri induced the demoristfritbrs to, abandon their defiant attitilde. Two attempts by Communists at Brisbane ib celebrate thb iriterhatiqnal Red Day in the city wefe frhstrAted By the jiblice After two sciifflfes with Communists. Several persofis; iheluditig a woman, were arrested;