Heard and Said.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 20, 21 July 1911, Page 7

Heard and Said.

That the Christchurch Socialists ii>tend holding open-air meetings on Saturday evenings to push Tub Worker. That it is freely admitted Com. Howard will 001 l heavily for Christchurch South. That there is a very live bunch of fighters in Christchurch just now. That the action of Mr. J. E. Duncan, chairman of the Huntly School Committee, in refusing to ladle out Coronation baubles to the Huntly school children is worthy of praise. That Findlay, in the course of an address to the students of the London School of Economics, said that in N.Z. class distinctions had disappeared, titles had no influence, and the man was the test. That it would be interesting to knowin the face of statements such as these, why Findlay grabbed a "Sir" with such unseemly haste. That' Sir joe is on the water returning to the Dominion, and a thankful public draws a breath of relief at being saved from his verbosity for a few short weeks. That the floodgates of his oratory -will be let loose the moment he lands, in order to convince the public how he did things he did not do. That Jimmy Carroll, in reciting "Not Understood" to a southern audience the other day made a great mistake. That Carroll and his colleagues are beginning to be fairly well understood, tnougn lack of organisation prevents that understanding being adequately expressed. That the restlessness amongst N.Z. WateVsiders at the do-nothing policy of their Federation was predicted by this paper only a tew weeks ago. That it would be a wise policy on the part of the N.Z.F.L. to get right in amongst the wnarfies, and swing them into tno industrial army. That Fred Cooke's exposure of the rottenness of our prison system is having its effect. That visiting justices to the Lyttelton Gaol admit that they have protested —mddiy, of course—against many of the customs mentioned by CoqKe. That the political bee is fairly humming in the bonnets of a very large number of tne "rree and independent" with visions of Parliamentary "honours" in the distance. That to be returned to Parliament by tne vote of a disorganised uneducated rabble is no great compliment to the successful candidate. That with the vast majority of political aspirants in their frantic endeavours to secure election principles play a very unimportant part. That Massey's Party sounds no better by being called the "Reform" Party than it did under its proper name of Conservative. That Conservatism by any other name is just as silly. That Fisher, M.P., likens "Davy" McLaren's speeches to the wailing and moaning of a pelican in the wilderness. That an affinity should exist between a "fisher" and a pelican, even though "it be a "fishy" one. That Wilson, of Wilson cement fame, decided that it was better to agree to the Auckland general laborers' demands than run foul of the N.Z.F.L. That the Federation has repeatedly demonstrated that the way to prevent victimisation is to threaten to stay dividends. That the sacredness of dividends is one of the dogmas of the capitalist religion. That Tim McCarthy, one of the most active executive members of the Inangahua Miners' Union, was a welcome visitor to this office, on his ■way to Sydney last week. That the Auckland and Wellington propaganda branches, N.Z.F.L., have sent speakers to various unions during the last few weeks. That in every instance the gospel of revolutionary unionism was received gladly .by the rank and file. That Mr Tregear speaks in enthusiastic terms of the treatment he received at the hands of our Australian cousins. That a definite announcement regarding a workingclass candidate for Ohinemuri electorate will appear in next issue.

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