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Hokitika Guardian, 8 October 1928, Page 4

Much good advice is being offered the Unionists in Australia responsible for the trouble on the water-front at the principal ports. They have been told, quoting a great author, that those whom they wish, to destroy the Gods

first make mad. A learned judge lias told tile men to go to work and not lie tools. The Prime Minister lias indicated that the Federal Government is resolved to stick to its guns, and it the workers do not appreciate that attitude, there is the remedy at the ballot box when the Federal Elections come to pass shortly. The leader of the Labour Party in Federal politics, 011 the occasion o'f his platform campaign deprecated strikes and lock-outs as obsolete and undesirable. The parties to the awards and agreements, he said, should faithfully honour them. Yet, despite all this good advice, the leaders of the unions sway the men into opposition. There is an undesirable leaven at work, as the details of the meetings indicate, and while that force is able to exercise its influence these upsetting periods will recur. It is even alleged that one aim of the recalcitrants is to destroy unionism, and that result is not improbable unless better judgment prevails among the rank and file. The general effect on the prestige of the Labour Party must certainly be disastrous.