Heard and Said

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 35, 3 November 1911, Page 13

Heard and Said

That the National Palaver closed down on Saturday night for a season. That an infinite deal of what irreverent pressmen call "slush" -Avas talked by both Houses, -hi-saying good-bye to retiring members. That the personnel of the House will be considerably changed in 1912. That Bob Semple had a heart-to-heart talk with the Mayor of Auckland anent the laborers 'strike there. That the Mayor Avas a-wiser, if sadder, man afterwards. That Sir J. Findlay, in acknoAvledging the good Avishes of his colleagues of the "Upper" House, patted the Lords on the back for the good work they had done as legislators. That it might possibly happen in future that the Attorney-General may ha\ T e to a Bill abolishing the: "Upper" House, once kuoAvn as "King Dick's Babies." That the Federation of Labor is becoming a power in the land. That "The Maoriland Worker" is the herald of a neiv era in God's oavu country. That..; the spirit of revolt shown by the world's Avorkers is spreading aismay in the ranks of th** capitalist. Thatithe usual rush at the. close of. the session is a scanuai to the Government, and should be stopped. That.all manner of quacks are seeking the. suffrages of the people. Thatitho Wellington. Post" is still concerned about what it; terms the "Socialistic" Federation .of Lahor. That the "stic" probably refers to the "big stick" brandished bo enectively by agitator Sempl«. That industrial unionism will do infinitely more for the workers than 30 years of palliative legislation. That thanks to the Federation of Labor and it 9 virile .organ, Worker," Labor throughout the colony is beginning to knoAV on side its broad ia buttered. That the caTaoaign' of' lies ajid hvjnibug and t>r«_essiG__ol' infeiJiccnty hat t>e_ro_. . " _ \\\ That New Zealand is gettrn _ very eiik of politics ac<s politic kuis. . . ', .

That Ward and Co.'s lease of polticai life is failing in. - That Kaiser Bill occasionally has 'A lucid interval.' He has given "the shade of his illustrious grandfat'hex** and the "mailed fist" a rest. That he gaA-e the clergy some goc<J advice, and urged them to concern. themselA'es less with dogmas and' penances, and to giA r e the person of Christ the central place in their -worship and teaching. That the. Avorkers of the world are abandoning guerilla warfare, and going in for a- regular campaign. That the political costermougers should, be sent to the right about at ths general election. That that organ of Fat, the .' 'Domiii-. ion" says ''there is an unpleasant. aild. unsettling feeling abrpad that & serious labor trouble lies ahead foE Ncav Zealand." That all labor troubles might be ed by giving the AA'orkers their due. That the starving AA'orkers of Britaia Avill rejoice to learn that the King Arill wear a new croAA*n at the Coronation Durbar in India. That there is a- possibility of the..Ho___ J. T. Paul coming out for Dunediili North. ' '. '.~"~' That Paul as a member of the people's: chamber would command more rivspect than as a Legislate Council.'* lor. That the phenomenal success of "T__4 Worker" has made its enemies verj, sick. That "The Worker" will double its cie. dilation Avithin a tAve_A r emonth. That there are immense possibilities ahead of this organ of militant Labor*That Scott Bennett and Semple, in or-. der to get to Wellington, had to walk' in the track of the Otira coach for about 12 miles in shoav, and "consequently Bennett's voice Avas almost' lost for two- days, and only itself again last week-end. That, spite of all appearances to tli« contrary, the poet Avas right Avhcn b«t said:— "E?er the Truth comes uppermost,. And ever is Justice done."

At a recent census of four-footed an£- . a_au.e in* Great Britain, there ' were [ . ,037.327 cattle. 27,102,945 sheeg, i 2,349,946 swine, 1,545,376 horses, and 1,826,84.1 dogs. - ' Lasl; year 101 men and 30 worn*©? committed suicide in Victoria. There are 6500 idle,as a result cf.tirt Cambrian mine haulers' strike, which affDse from the management .displacing a inaii for ,cruelty to a horse. .. t . TAventy large stones and.a of dynamite were found cm the railway, between B.h.h_rs and Apremont. Thews were a series of accideaits during gttffl £_aet_ce on *c_i_i_ver ; L'&ydisifn* A* I.Toulon, aiid a' 4«a»tit£ of; SK>w;4s_ ttsM. I thrown cVcfWWik* * •_'i'- .V. • ' ,; v '"