A BLESSING IN DISGUISE.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1917, 27 November 1913, Page 9

A BLESSING IN DISGUISE.

LOXG TVItANNV BROKEN. (By Telegraph-Special Correspondent.) Palmcrston, November 25. Speaking on tlio strike, Hie "retiring president of the Palmerston Chamber of Commerce (Air. F.liott) .said that, though it had been a very cnstlv matter, lie. believ'ed tliai, the,' result ivoiild bo ultimately of incalculable value to the community. For years tho Federation of Labour bad been holding "tho gun at the beads of the employers, and; when this constant menace was remove:!, as it shortly would be, a period of industrial peace; net enjoveel for many years past would follow. The strike had also caused a stiffening up of those classes who had a stake in the country, and had resolved itself into a question.of law, order, and fair government against anarchy and oppression. The people of the. Dominion were now determined to light Ibis intolerable state of affairs to a finish, and the sooner tho Federation of Labour realised this the better. The Chamber resolved unanimously: "That this Chamber desires to express its groat appreciation of the firm action shown by the Government in tho present industrial crisis, and believes that tho isiues to the country are of too vital a nature to permit of any compromise; that tho special thanks of this Chamber bo given to those farmers and others who so ably, responded to the call for assistance to maintain law and order and to carry on the necessary work of the Dominion; also that the executive of tho Farmers' Tin ion deservo every credit for tho manner in which they grappled with the situation." Let tboni toll u\mn tin hustings Of tho'things they're going In do When they get into Parliament And draw their hard-earned screw. But that is neither here nor there. For what 1 want most to declare Is Hint life's worth the living, sure, When inking. Woods' Great I'ciujeimiiit