Krupp's Great Works

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 November 1916, Page 3

Krupp's Great Works

(London Tinii.s' Tetegrajni). ■Loudon, Nov. I<s. i Mr Citron, the Aiiuricaa joui'jaii.t, recently arrived from Ce. many, describing the condition of life at Krupp's factory, says:— j "The Essen muni ion workers are allotted 33 per cent more food than other Germans. They are badly pa d . and are working the clock round seven days a week. There are three ' daily sbiits, and the strictest niartiai j law prevails. Essen is a hotbed of j extreme Socialists, who are neverthe- . less bitterly antii-British. They do .j not object to the war and delight oji stamp.ng on munitions 'Gott strafe : England,' or 'Best wishes for .King George!' The townsp_n pi. l are par- i ticularly jealous of the Austrians' big gun reputation and declare that the \ guns for the bombardment of Dover • are being manufactured at Essen. j "Essen is a tremendous spectacle— j a whole group of arsenil towns, the j glow from which is visible all night long 30 milis away. A network of I street trains is continually running. The crush of the workpeople leaving j their work is unequalled anywhive ir the world. They include refugees and prisoners, particularly Poles and Russians, all grimy, worn and/ weary. They pour out in a solid mass. The Germans idolize iF'rau Krtipp. and as the highest p.ssible honour tliev have named the 42 i?jntimetre how;irtzer 'Fat Beirtha.' The present population is half a million, and the Krupp works are employing 120,000."

At a Maori- shearing shed where the workers had decided to take tickets and then changed their minds a meeting was held by the Hawke's Bay shearers to express the aims and objects of unionism, says the Maoriland, Worker. At the close of the remarks which dwelt upon the benefits conferral upon the workers by the union's action, a, venerable old' native ganger or boss rose ) and after clearing h■•■■ throat, expressed himself in tliis way: "'Well. I kircw niv shear, r he get 25 bob a hundred, I know my wahine and my ronseabnut get 12s Gc!i a day. I don't know how tlio way. First I think the boss, he got the big heart. Now 1 .-a r i-fv not so much the hi;.: heart n.% the push by the union. W-i. kapai the union. Help the Maori. Yes Mr Leah, all iry people take the ticket of the Union. God sure th»Kin In many of the roads on the out-sk-rlis of London neat little pieces of wli: t > painted wcodi have been fashioned to all the lamp posts about «ix feet from the ground. Their purpose mystifies everyone until tbev are seen by night, and then they give a biilliant white glow, which is visible quite 25 yards away, and the darker the night the more clearly does the glow stand out. They are painted with phosphorescent pa/nt, and a.re So satisfactory that it seems unnecessary ever to light lamps again. j