MAY DAY IN LONDON.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 13976, 8 May 1913, Page 5

MAY DAY IN LONDON.

QUIET CELEBRATION,

~ ’ , LONDON, May 2. May Day passed off quietly, in Loudon. Heeded by., bands playing" the -‘Marseillaise," the -Socialist organisations marched to Hyde Park, the doctrines oi Socialism and Syndicalism wore proclaimed from several platforms. ~ The crowd <in " the park, however, was only a small ohbi dud .was made up chiefly of women. . • •, ; .

MARRIAGE ON 9/- A WEEK

YOUNG WIFE’S PITIFUL STORY.

■LONDON, May 2. . Some remarkable features were disclosed to-day !in a case at Swansea, Wales, in which a young woman " was granted a summons _ against lief husband, "by whom she had been deserted. The woman stated that when she was mar-vied her- husband was not' darning more than 9s a week, and that tljo last money she received from him was only 4d.

WAR TO THE KNIFE.

AMERICAN BEEP COMPANIES.

LONDON, May 2. Proof that Great Britain has no grip on tho Beef Trust isdemonstrated by the' keen rivalry existingbetween the American beef companies operating at SnTithfiold. V ’ Those concerns have declared a'.war to tho knife, and a general fall in prices is therefore anticipated..

STEAMER SUNK IN COLLISION.

FOUR OF THE CREW MISSING

LONDON, May 2. The British -steamer, Mozart and tho Swedish steariier Flora crashed into each other near Hamburg last night. The Flora sank after the collision, and four, of her,- crew are believed ;to have been drowned.

NEW YORK'S UNDERWORLD.

AN INFORMANT SHOT.

LONDON, May 2. A man named Jerry Majda, who informed the New York police of the doings. of the famous East-side gangs, was shot yesterday close to the scene of tho Rosenthal murder. . Tlie assassins escaped in a taxi-cab, but five arrests; were effected.

baptists’ Call for coin

NEXT YEAR’S BIG COLLECTION,

(Sydney Sun Cnblo.l ' LONDON, May 2. The v Baptist Union . Las passed a resolution calling upon the whole of its denomination to prepare itself for a great simultaneous collection of'gold and silver on Sunday, March 8, 1914. CANADIAN ARSENAL SCANDAL. DEFECTIVE SUPPLIES. LONDON, May 2. A large quantity of small ,arms and ammunition manufactured at the Canadian Government arsenal in Quebec has been condemned.

The. Government has ordered a searchingl inquiry to bo made. ‘ ; :