"WOMEN'S MEETING. IN OPERA HOUSE AND MR. TREGEAR."

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1900, 7 November 1913, Page 9

"WOMEN'S MEETING. IN OPERA HOUSE AND MR. TREGEAR."

(To the Editor.) Sir,—At tlio above Mr. Trcgear is repotted as having said, in reference to the Arbitration Act, tho employers formerly flouted it, tart now they are pushing. for it, and his logic is, therefore, that it must too bad for tho workers. Now, : sir, the very term ''arbitration"' is sweet awl peaceful-like, anil men' of common sense will ever consent to its ! principles., but it docs not smVMf. Tro gear's present programme, with a i Mayoralty or Parliamentary honours j flitting in front of his senses lifco phan- j ton-is. And so, forgetting, tlio dignity of 1.8. Q. conferred on liim by tlio Or'oVu, ho uses -tho prominent position tho.. wheel of fortune lias placed him in fof' tho time being to sliiig mud at those responsible for the peace of the" city: and'the protection of lifo and, liberty.Because tho country districts were asked io help, those fii.io Mows responding are dubbed "outcast, seuni brought 'here to bludgeon citizens into submission to the (Jovcnimcnt." .Siicli tall talis must go a long way with the "Red J?«ds." There may bo. some allowaiico i'or ignorant me-ii carried away under excitement, but no such plea can, hero be put in for a man who accepted the" J. 5.0., and I say plainly that' such' foii- : giingo as was expressed at. ,tho .Opera House meeting places Mr. Tregear in, a role which citizens are not likely to honour or respect.—! am, etc.. UNION JACK.

Newtown, November (s,

P.S.—I eo.ngratula.to you, .Mr. Editor, on the high compliment paid you by Mr. P. Htcfcey on Wednesday evening, at Newto'-vn Park, where lie said '"'.rut; Dominion at least is .Inmost-." I think so, too, aiid admiro Mr, Mickey for his pluck.—U.J.