ADDINGTON WORKSHOP EMPLOYEES.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14833, 26 November 1913, Page 11

ADDINGTON WORKSHOP EMPLOYEES.

TO TH« EDITOR OP "THE PKUI." Sir, —Xo person who has been called upon, or has volunteered, to do "special" duty in the interests of the general community is deserving of being calted. a "scab." accompanied by rile and vulgar expletives; but tben one takes into consideration the class

of men from whom such statements emanate. It is always prudent to treat irresponsible hooligans of this typo with absolute and profound contempt. One would thrnk, however, that Government employees would be beyond resorting to such a low-bred practice, and it has come somewhat as a surprise to many to note that a band of employees at the Addington Workshops have been allowed with impunity to publicly insult special constables that have from time to time at the Addingrton railway station during the past week. The employees in question make some excuse for going outside the works on tho arrival of each train, and they not only subject "specials" and others on detraining to snch epithets as "scab," etc,, but these unworthy designations have becu invariably accompanied by obscene language, which they bellow out at the top of their voices within the hearing of ladies. The- general concensus of opinion is that the namns of tho miscreants should he secured, and the offenders doalt with by the law. as they have boon in Wellington and Auckland. —Yours, etc., OBSERVER.