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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 438, 10 February 1912, Page 6

The following from the New Zealand Times is an example of the oratory indulged in by some of the speakers during the recent tram strike at Wellington: "Mr Robert Hogg, who was called on to speak, said he had only conic as a spectator, on the side o? the tramwaymen in this strike, lie urged the men to demand payment for these idle days, and make them a holiday in reality, because they had been forced into this position. If this strike did net cure the difficulty, then let them give the council another by calling out the wharf labourers. It that did not cure it, then give them a little more by culling out the seamen. If that failed, then give then) so much strike that would kill capitalism altogether. If they had set about curing the City Council of Wellington by using their votes as they had used the strike, the po?iiion today would have been different. The press had told them that the men had resorted to force Well, if they were beginning to use force, he hoped it would grow and grow until like an avalanche it wouiu sweep capitalism to hell. (Laughter and applause).