THE MELBOURNE EIGHT HOURS DEMONSTRATION

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 262, 9 May 1888, Page 4

THE MELBOURNE EIGHT HOURS DEMONSTRATION

n.b relebiatcd thiou,<_dmu! Yictoiia a- (lie annnci-ai \ <>t (In- ci^ht }k jiii — ivunoment. It was oh-ei\ed a-> a labour holiday m Mclnoiu in, but < m cpt the public oliire-, which weie clo-ed, none ot the h\Mnc-i e-tabli-hnient-( 10-ed thni dooi-. A-howei of lain tell -hoi tlv betoic 10 o'clock, bul atleiN.ud-. the wcalln 1 clcaicd. The u-ual pioi'i^-ion nl iiadci \v;h earned out mo>L -ikm r-^-tulh. A \j\ \ l.upe inimbcj of hade- took )>ait in the ilomon^tuihon The \ain>u^ n.idf^ -ociehe-i HMide/vou-ed ,iL the Tiadrhall, and at 10 o < lorl ,i pmi'i-'-ion \\ <i--formal and i-ommenccd to much The di-play ua- a hiilhint one, r\ei\ tiadc liem^ u pi evented h} uotueoii- banncj >• .Did othei emblem-. l'nll\ !000 ]M-nih marched in proco.»ion. Tin* route \\afiotn theTiade- liallaloni; I!u>--p1 -tic i, up liuui ke -tict t, aloti>> Spunn -ti (>ot to Hie Tit d-in v, fiom \s hieh l)'uldiii'jf the (io\ci not and Lad\ Loch matched (he dctnon-u ,il ion Tin-, wa> the Ui-l public apjxaiancc of tin (!o\ ci noi -mi elu-accident ,and hew a-loud!) chcctcd The pioei--ion then wended ltva> down ( ollin-. -ticet. alone: >\\;in-on-stieet. and thence to the L-'i iomlt\ Socictu - (.aideii- An immeii-e ciowd aH'lniili d and lined the -licet- tlnou^h which the p 11:0 am pa-ed All tia(h< w.i^ eonipletelv Mi-pendtd foi about two houi*;. Ij\cit,hiti<4 pa--ed oil without a hitch. His E\relUno>- cailiaue hioujjfht up the tear of the pro cc—ion fiotn the TieaMiiy. The annual ft te v.as eelebiated in the Fnendl> Societic- (.aiden-, which weie thion^ed with -.peetatoi-. Altofjcthei the demon -ttation was the line-t yi h-dd b) the tiade- The cit\ it-clt h.id .i\ei\ -_ r a\ a[)pcaiatuc, hnntini^ I)en>', r di-pla\ed ma \ei \ \d\ i-h matmei.