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Hokitika Guardian, 17 October 1925, Page 2

R r,< K.vn.v the Sydney Bulletin passed judgment on the strike situation i Vtlstralia in the following terms: -V is time the British seamen on strilo m Australia against their own groat unions realised that the owners are not

going to keep their vessels laid up in Hm-e harbours indefinitely at a cost of from £3OO downwards per day. Neither ihe Seamen'.- ITiion in Britain nor the Trade Cnion Congress recognises this Strike: therefore, il is unite open for British unionists in take the jobs 11 1;11 the seamen have keen misled into refusing. Now. it has to he reinembeied. that there is over a million loti' of 'hipping idle in Britain, which menus that there must he manv tens oi thousands of maritime workers out oi a job. and looking lor one. That sooner or later they will he offered the job of manning these ships in Australia i' inevitable. if indeed crews for some of them are not oil the water already. The nan will come with their union tickets to lie: ent a mb which Ihe British unions fell them tlirv have a perfect right to take: indeed, -nice 'Tie men in Australia are defying their unions. tile hitler will ee rla 11 d V assist

good unionists in lake tin- places those who are in robelih n against the unions' ain lmi i ty. No amount ol -empathy for the lieu in having to

put up w ith a rill in I heir p-tcr wages will : lion sate their job- ; and they in,i\ lake n a- a loregone eniieliisbni that when their oh! ship' 'team away with union . rews pub!:,- interest in i hem w ill di ■ out and instead of being 't libel - : ilev Will I e iia 1. IV pi • 11 1 1 i!c- '- inienil loved. And the position of the lua rit inn- mi ioui-t s in Ail'! i alia -' ii ! - erlaillß lie nolle t lie hrl let for the prasenee of .'ttlllll or so extra men i oilipellilg ior their job-. Other uni- -■ - are eo nee rue' 1 in I Ills null ter. Nnl them will be the heller for ibis considerable body of men being thrown • udib ni v .ii I !'e A list ra 1 i;i lab-mr market. If they don't v. ant to see ii !■ • 11 ;i •1 1 the;, had heller bestir tliem--hes ami e utsi In where the private 'piarrel ol T* til Wakli with the eliiels of the British Seamen's ITiinii b, land:tic. them. Is Ihe present We'ilam! ehetiwn ila re ■ eiii' a • le.-iii| ili-] o- it i-oi on the oar: "I Labor sii |:| ort it. i o . lisi urb inert 11 1 L -ol I hr! r opponent in Hell a- puv -able Mn ~ I in.! on yw a - nmieea bb- up lie lima line. ,n llie (Lev Vail. v. ami ei I Ire. Otb Wb- le a . , 1 1 or In.lll an outside elm Inr.ilr was lo be hear-1 wnli iniei jeel ions and qim-.iiiiii-whirl] wen- intended lo er-oito a (liver sion m lavin' ol l.aboi'. Ibis eomim-t ! may be i!i -1 another instance of the ex bailees and to bo a thorn in tile side ol tie public.. Most people go to a public meeting with the desire ~| seeing and hearing and not with the fixed purpose oj rival mg a (list ni l.anee. Not only are the disturbers displaying bad

inn ii iiors. Gut their cDiiiiiict shm\ s an nintmiU oi' intolerance, which with Unit extreme cla-ss U the customary altitude where Uiev eamiot y;ct I heir ow n way when they w;mi it. Fair iilay is the essential in husiness ami sjiort. ami there is no reason whv il shouM he eliminaiefi Innn polities. Laitor lias its extreme methods operatine; most times and on occasion ot strikes throws fair play to the winds, it U not surprising. perhaps. Unit when a political contest comes along, there is the disposition to win, tie or wrangle rather than play the p.ame on its merits, and hope and expect the best man to win' During the w<*ek we notice that an exchange in ihe north ivlerred to the

" ri'<ls " turning “■ yellow " in the present <-;i 11- |>:iiliii I'm- tin l West Inn,| mmi mu nl chagrin linn the -iiting mi'll l lic)' might possibly he deposed. l.abor may In' turning lull, it is not improbable in tin- ci rcu nisi a nee-. Iml tin, rani; anil li [,■ might not In- uni ai r to t lie public. IT they do not aojiioii* tin l oopo.-ition candidate they may exercise i! n• 1 r into accordingly on polling day. But al any jnililio gathering ))i'u|i|o who attond expect 1 lie proceedings to Iw seemly so tlml t 1,0 sido under review may ho fully and li'ooly rent ilnl'-d. I'Teedoii' of -pi'ecli is something to lie zealoiisly guarded, and it would ho expelled l.abor supporters would feel intensely mi that point, Bin s,, many support - el's are disposer! to take free lieelise for granted and ~el about with the object of dist tl fliill.it; a meet illy. \oise and disturhanee are not argument. and the offenders ean only lie doing their cause harm. Hut at least thev at'" proven lin g those who want to hear and pint the game, Ironi having an on port unit y to do so. and in that oiia -e "i action are very seriously discount illy the cause thev think they are helping—and this is through Mind ignorance.