World of Work.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 10, 12 May 1911, Page 10

World of Work.

Organiser Semple, "Fighting Bob," arrived in Wellington last week-end from .Ruuanga and proceeded to the Waibi district with W. E. Parry. He contemplates an active organising o a m - paign, and things industrially may bo expected to move. He is building betfov in. Tvlaorilaml than he realises is Somple, and is the for the place in the place, for the man. A Victorian with a yrido working-class experience in Australia, he caiuc to New Zealand to fee! the ''call" and to find his life's work. Because he bears tho brunt of the. foe's hatred, and is for the interests and future of the awakening worker, Kobert Somplo has the right to expect the strong backing of the onmarohing sons of Toil. His present campaign will include a visit to the foJJowmg p3acos in the order named : —Waihi, Tvarangahaki, Waitangi, Thames, Coromandel, Auckland; on his way south ho will visit Feilding, Palmerston North, Foxton, and probabJy Ma-sLortori. Boom tho tour, -x- -x- ■*■ W. K. Parry, President Waihi Miners' Union, was a visitor last week to Wellington on Union business. His speech on "Excessive. Temperature in Mines" (reported in our March monthly issue) was a needed indictment, and is making good. Keen regret at tho defeat of the Miners' Union candidates at the municipal elections was expressed by Mr. Parry. He said that It was a staii ding disgrace tlaat the workers of Waihi had let their fiominoes be placed at the bottom of tho poll, though the solidarity of the union vote was splendid Mc referred to tho enthusiasm of the women, and to the courage and stamina they had exhibited outside the polling booth on the day. Their actions were calculated to put to shame those men who had failed in moral courage in the active support of their organisation. The women Jiad set a most admirable example to the men. Hp had .seen them witli the fire of battle in their eye, and he had felb a thrill of pride as he watched their enthusiasm. ■X- * * In a letter to George Black, Walesian M.Jj.-A., a prominent British trade unionist, who once did good service in Australia, indicates a seaman's "strike at coronation time. He says: "You will have heard doubtless that the seamen are going to kick up a dust on or about the coronation period. Well, that's the intention, and I reckon we are in for a real live time of it. Maybe, a jamboree on the seamen's part might make tilings interesting at such a time." Mr. Black's correspondent says Tom Mann is now "as lively as a kitten," and is the only man in Britain to-day who can stir tho crowd up." ■» * * It will probably, says D. R. Wise, K.C., surprise many people who are complaining of the increase in the cost of living to know that the prices of nearly ail commodities in frequent use at the present time are controlled by trusts and combines. Among these are icerosene and ail subsidiary oils, bricks, tobacco, confectionery, shoe machinery, manures, triicks, photographic materials, flour, meat, jam, wheat, coal, certain lines of dairy produce, dried fruits, galvanised iron, timber, and sugar. In regard to the sale of all these articles there is no free competition. -» *- * At a recent representative meeting of the Trades ana Labour Council at Vancouver, a resolution was passed characterising the miLtia of Canada as a hired tool in the hands of the corporations, contractors, and capitalists for the prevention and suppression of any movement brought forward by the Labour unions for the promotion or their independence and rights. * * * The New York Bottle Washers and Sorters have won their strike. The officials of the Union have signed an agreement with Schwartz Brothers, East 98th Street, having gained all their demands. Some men were discharged because they joined the Union, which has recently been organised, and they had been out for several weeks. The Union now has a membership of more than 150.