The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1896. THE NEWCASTLE STRIKE.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 240, 15 April 1896, Page 2

The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1896. THE NEWCASTLE STRIKE.

There exists a reasonable hope that the threatened strike of the miners at Newcastle may be averred. What ap- * pears to us a very sensible proposition was made yesterday to the effect that a Board of Conciliation be appointed. As to the somewhat singular composition of the propo:ed Board we say nothing, because, necessarily, our ac- [ quaintance with the surroundings is limited. Anyway, the evident desire on the part of the rriners to have r their grievances, whatever they may mean by the term, thoroughly venilated, shows a good and conciliatory spirit, which deserves to be encouraged. i Aa an instance of how far-reaching t are the evil consequences of these quarrels — we use the word advisedly — too often incited by persons who are aiore fond of talk than they are of work, yet who delight to pose as ■ " horny-handed sons of toil," we notice in the Post of Monday that in consequence of the mining troubles in New castle it is intended to lay up the s.s Tekapo at Port Chalmers, thus a lot P of men, the crew ot this vessel, will be thrown out of employment, and as we understand many of them are married men with families, their lot is to be ■ pitied, more especially as the winter is now rapidly approaching. These difficulties between the employers of labour and the employed are not raised ah initio by the two parties • chiefly interested, but by "carpetbag ' i politicians who desire to climb into comfortable " alleged " employment as " representatives of labor "in Parliament;, on the shoulders of the working men. Fortunately for themselves the latter are becoming a]ive to the posi tion, and learning to know that " a ' fair day's wage for a fair day's work " is neither an insult nor a crime, but a just acquittance of a just claim. Any' person, no matter of what class or standing in life, social, moral, or po- ; litical, who interferes between the man who has work to be done and the man ; who is willing to do it should be looked upon as an offender against the well-being o£ society, and punished . accordingly. Tiiere is no case on record where such men haye not shown that self love, and not philanthropy, bas been the moving influence of i their lives. Last, but not least, we have already ia our Statute Books class legislation sufficient to last for the life time of the toughest professional politician. When tbe " alleged bead of the house " was filling up his census paper on Sunday night a lady resident complained I bitterly that her favorite cats were not included. Her vote will go deadagainst the Government nest election.