The Mighty Atom

Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 45, 19 January 1912, Page 8

The Mighty Atom

Tom Mann, the great* s-t organiser in the Knglisli-speaking world, was in Ireland during December organising the waterside workers.

General Booth, sjieaking at EnftiiMiiriie recently, -said that he had in iiand a great effort to help the feeMeininded creatures who vicie I<<.l ay.ay iiy vice, drunkenness;, and crime,

There passed away iv the Grey i ivor Hospital on January 7 George Newton, renowned throughout New Zealand, more particularly to the older gciu rntion, as a tried ai.:d true fighter for the working-class. Arriving in New Zealand many years ago from the North of England, from whence Jit- was practically driven because ol his U arloss advocacy of working-class principles, the late Mr. Newton lived almost the whole, of his life at Biunnerton. on the West Coast. He was tor years president of the local union, and also occupied the positions of presidem and vice-president of the West-land Labor Council. At the time of the maritime strike he practically had charge oi affairs on behalf of the miners of Mew Zealand, and in that capacity was associated with the now Hon. j. A. Millar. J. Loinn.s (Secretary of Labor', and others. Bluff and outspoken upon all questions, hating hypocrisy with all iho force pi his honest nature. George Sowten won the respect of his fellow-work-ers throughout the land. Although having attained the ripe age of 81 years, the deceased gentleman took a keen interest in the Labor movement W the last. He was present at the conference in Greymouth when the Miners' Federation was launched, and no later than two years ago represented his organism ion at the N.Z.F.L. conference. With the passing of George Newton, there pastes one of the. last of those stvevh pioneers whoso self-sacrifice. Mr.'i.i£lit]■.«•*!■; mul ability have made the Laboi movement possible-. Hounded iron, pillar to post: victimised and blacklisted throughout Australasia's coalfields. «.ur sturdy coy.n> de never swerved iioir. rlt<;.-e principles which were dearer te Lin. than life itself. At the close of a 'king and useful life, he could justly pride ir.inself upon his work on Wru.lf of his class. George Ncwim i> gov.< . iiiiol with his going the T.i.i'r suffers a big loss.

Proffssor Ernost nutiK-rloMi. ii.ii «f Nolscm and Cliristc-huiv!i ; iiow o! Victoria University, Main/.h* stiM. has 'wne a London covrt/s>poinli'iit) bt+n <iv<:trtd by the Jlunich Acadci-iy </! i-y-\<),<-< a = one of tln'ir corrospor.^iiit , iii^.n.t" '>•

R. H. Dalhousie. the J«Vi< aiid energetic president jMananhtn Maxiiidleis 1 Union, was a welcome <<iik-i «!l this office last week.

Geo. Smith, law et tht Patea AVaterside Uurkws' Union, was on the eve of his departure, for Wellington, presented with a w;-.toh and chain by the l'atea Hrats Baji<i. ami. a clock by the Watersid* I'lvien. says the "Pat<'a County Press." In replying, to those assembled he «i.l'<'« then, al! tc be true to their and fight for Socialism, for tin re- m iiieir only hope.

Father Bernard VsvH<;V.»n. o! London, the Jesuit who has att.'.eliCf"; the Englisli upper crust in his scriaons on the sins of society, in a recent speech in New York City said: "There are some people who think that any is good enough tor anyone- who will take it, however small. Anyone wh<j employs workers for lone hours at low wages and under insaintaiy conditions is a sweater, and the sooner th' , s.-.veat-er is taken by the serif? of iht- m.vk and thrown into the Hudson tin- beitor."

Bird S. Color. uWlwi;,;ic or.ndiribtffor Governor of New York. U.S.A., in l!)()2, declares the puUi<- M-heols itc .-■<?- sponsible for the. spread <>i Socialism. He is correct. AV'het , . ii.v Digciire- fitters the cranium of tiiv individual the superiority of Socialism as a touiiil i\iteni is apparent.

The .suit, instituted by I'm siik-nt Jas. M. I/vfich, of the TiiU-rnationai TypeUnion, against the editor of the "Michigan Tradesman" at Oiand Uapids, for 25,000 dollars damage, has bwn settled. The editor of the publication has made a public apology in his paper and assumed the court costs. The paper in question practically charged Lynch with the responsibility for the Los Angeles ''Times'' catastrophe.

AVhen Israel Zangwill nas ,'.n youth teaching in a Jewish schofl iii London, he sent a short poem to a !'-»d----ng American monthly. It came bark by the first mail. He kept it. and after he had achieved fame as a writer he tried it. chiefly as a joke, on tinsame magazine. This time, immediately on its receipt, he got a cable from the editor offering to liny the

"world rights" for a handsome, figure. The poem was the same poem, word lor word!

The net personality of John Strange AVinter (the well-known authoress,) has been sworn at £30. i * «

J. '/'. Foster, who rrj.n-M/iitcil \\\f I.W.W. ai iho coniVrt'iiec vi uiiionistß hfltl in Budii-Pi'st.. lias r< tuniiHl.- tt America, ami advises tin' , i< , jj;cl into tho Amorifiui l''od<'r«tiun of L(il)or and swiiijj; it into liid'isirial riiiniii.sm, in prtik'vt-iir-fc 1* trying I<> build up a rival orgajiis-atJon.