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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2070, 3 May 1907, Page 4

Lodge terms are evidently coining into general use. The other-day the Mayor of Timaru was referred to as “Worthy Arch,” At a meeting of the Oamaru Borough Council the other night one of the councillors referred to his associates as “brethren,” a designation that was at once repudiated ; and at an annual meeting for the election of a school committee one of those present dubbed the chairman “Worshipful Master.” The Dunedin Star says: An inspection of the visitors’ book at tho “sweated industries” show seems to indicate that the exhibition has had the effect of uncorking various and somewhat conflicting emotions. One visitor, moved to patriotism, writes “God Save the King”; another, whose loyalty is probably superior to Ids grammar, declares that “England never shall be slaves.” A desire for swift vengeance must have possessed the person who records the opinion that “the English Government want swinging”;' the entry “Good old John” seems to suggest satire; and others thus express themselves: “Good Lord, deliver us,” “A disgrace to Christianity,” “A typical example of man’s inhumanity to man.” These and many other entries show that the exhibit lias aroused concern for the condition of the workers in the Old Country. This, of course, is quite proper. It is to be hoped, however, that our young people will not get the idea that all Old Country labor is of the “sweated” character.