WELLINGTON WORDS.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 27, 8 September 1911, Page 13

WELLINGTON WORDS.

During the past few weeks much valuable propaganda work has been carried on in the Empire City. The local branch N.Z.F.L. is still doing good work. Secretary Taylor is deserving of credit for the way in which he is reaching the various unions and securing their consent to receive speakers from 'the branch. Recently • Miss Anderson and P. H. Hickey waited upon the Wellington Furniture Trades Union and received a splendid hearing. From the tenor of the meeting and the intelligent questions put to the speakers, -it was evident that this union has given the question of federation some considerable consideration. A suggestion that another address be given was heartily .received.^ Some splendid meetings of watcrsiders have been addressed by Messrs. Hickey and Freeman. The coal section, "wharf laborers, have passed a resolution, with but one objector, calling upon the Union to join the N.Z.F.L. Other sections are doing likewise. The rank and file in Wellington, as elsewhere, want to be in the fighting line of the N.Z.F.L. The Socialist Party still carries on useful, if uphill, propaganda. The recent attempts at breaking-up the Socialist meetings ended in failure, as they always do. Comrade "Bob" Hogg, despite threats of police and others, took the platform and addressed the largest open-air meeting yet held in the city. Corns. Ross and Freeman have taken the platform in the Socialist Hall for Sunday evening lectures. The result of the Wellington hooligans' attempts to smash up meetings has been larger meetings than ever. As was previously announced, the local party decided to contest Wellington South amd Central. Preparations are under way to make the campaign a vigorous one. A special meeting of the party was held, to discuss Mills' "unity , proposals. After some discussion, the following resolution wa,s agreed to : ' 'That this branch of the N.Z. Socialist Party cannot undertake to further the unity scheme as outlined by W. T. Mills, ■seeing that Socialist principles can only be advanced by the action of those who recognise the economic basis of thoso principles and act accordingly."