WAIHI NOTES.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 31, 6 October 1911, Page 7

WAIHI NOTES.

CO-OPERATION—ACCIDENTS

At a. general meeting of the Waihi Miners' Union, held on September 16, tho following motion was carried, ivith but five dissentients: "That this meeting of the Waihi Miners' Union enters its most emphatic protest against the 'Compulsory Military Training Act of the Ward Administration, believing that militarism in any shape or form is against the best interests of our class —the working-class." Tho co-operative system recently introduced by the Union is Avorking oven better than some if its most sanguine supporters anticipated, and besides .distributing a more equal share of -wealth, instils a better unionistic feelt ing in tlie minds of all Avage-slaves. [" At a recent fancy dress ball in Waihi j two Aery noticeable dresses Avere worn J by tAvo leading Socialist ladies. One j represented the "Social Democrat"

and the other "The Maori land .Worker." Needless to say, they both failed to catch the judges' eye: at the critical moment. This parading... of our only Avorkers' papers at public functions is to be commended, as it brings forcibly before the public eye our progress. '■ A rather severe run of accidents Imls taken place in our midst this past month or so, ever £200 having been paid out for accidents alone since. August 4. Truly, the lot of a wageslave is an "envious one," and yet there are in our midst those avlio say we must be contented Avith our lot, Ye gods! the irony of it! When will tho mist lift, fellow wage-slaves ? — SMITH and McMILLAN, joint correspondents.