MAY DAY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 49, Issue 14912, 3 May 1923, Page 5

MAY DAY.

HYDE PARK FIASCO. LONDON, Wednesday. The Labour Day demonstration at Hyde Park fell rather flat. Tne crowd was below its average size. The Communists attended in full force, but one speaker declared the day was likely to prove a failure owing to what he described as “the pig-headed apathy of the trade unionists.” —Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.

STRIKES IN AMERICA. NEW 'YORK, Wednesday. Sporadic small strikes among various industries in 10 eastern American cities occurred on May Day, involving less than 50,000 workers. There was no violence, though in several cities the police were compelled to disperse overflow audiences at Socialist meetings.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn. DEMONSTRATION IN JAPAN. TOKIO, Wednesday. Various parades of workers displaying red bands occurred here and in neighbouring cities. Large forces of police kept order, a few arrests being made. The police strictly enforced the regulation against the display of the Red Flag. A large gathering was addressed by radical speakers.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn. FIGHTING IN BAVARIA. BERLIN, Wednesday. May Day was quiet in Berlin and Munich. Disorders occurred in Regensburg and Lichtenfels between the National Socialists and the Social Democrats. One was killed and several were wounded at Regensburg.—Aus. and, N.Z. Cable Assn.