MAY DAY,

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3089, 3 May 1892, Page 2

MAY DAY,

(11V KLKGTKIO TKI.I;GUAIM(.—COI'YIIIrtHT.) London*, May 1. Tub May Day celebrations in the city pissed oil' quietly. There was an enormous crowd at the mooting in Hyde Park, atul the proceedings pass »d off without any disorder. Speeches wcr; delivered from seventeen platforms which had boon Greeted, and at each of these resolutions were carried favouring the introduction of an Inteinational Eight Hours ftyotein. A few red flags and Anarchists banners were displayed, but the crowd ignored thorn. The number of police on duty in the "West End was trebled, but., except in a few instances, their services were not required. Meetings similar to that in Hyde Park wore held in Glasgow, Birming • han, and a few other largo centres, but they were all of a very orderly character. Telegrams from the Continent state that everything passed off quietly. Several additional regiments entered Paris before daybreak and formed a guard round the banks, law courts and prisons. A thick coating of sand was laid on the street to prevent horses from slipping in the event of tlio cavalry bciug called on to change the crowd.