SHEARERS' SECTION

Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 45, 19 January 1912, Page 14

SHEARERS' SECTION

ORDANiSER MEE'3 REPORT

I ha-••'.-> !>.>p;i 7'ork:ii2 rom d Fielding and Uiiih lln-i'' aro a good many rowiliiaouancs rvaud about Bulls. My first •: , xiwi n !iiv\ there was a bit exciting. A elm'> iiili'orliK , "'! '''ii , to a shearer and while I w;is tlm Union with Mm n who was sitting in hi* !).■•■;■ v-fir, vmk to mc. Ho S:ii'l it was agitators like mysolf who w;>re iMU-ii.g all i!:-- strikes today I>i.'t'AV"T: ot.^lo-or nnd fl:o 010----p'ovtv. .A-i ii'i'iT* l'lni-.i'i.i'd to be a |)i<T croiv'i •:.;' <\ -re t>. il l hand-i and genf'l'iil !viri:Y'!-< }..\..>:'»•;t, with a sprinkling of shearer*. I thought it woirkl be a good idea to iri.-ik? a name for myself., so I i:;v,o liim and in about ten minute wo had the whole town round u>. Ho ?aid ho was an omplf'vpr wl'.o paid pond '.vase 3 to good nion, but v.'o woro a lot of wasters with our nir.on'. Ho said he could not t'xr-rate wasters on his place at any pric , "-. I that tliey sliould !iar«i th« to livo and work also, and that hn so-called good men, if tliey -.voro a just remuneration for their labor, should be getting twice as much as ho was givinpf tlvom, as ho was livinc on the fruits of the it toil. At that ho lost his head and commenrwl jumping round. m-o with his eliMirhfd fists, mueli to the amusement of tiifi mo"), and at last I put him to rout, and a* iv? drove off he g-ot hooted. I have had several narrow shaves late17 nr.d lam starting to think I will sor< ilr. Pavne ar.d his mob, when Payne luveoines Prime Minister, to see if liA will bring in an Agitators' Pro-k'L-Kor. .['.ill providing that all r.gitatois allowed to carry an eel skin loaded or a short pieeo of hose full of water. From Bull} I v/pnt U> Pukemarama station, and there- I n:et some of tho I>est tiiiion n;o'j.3 I have eonio across this soason.

\'.er leaving tbero> I wended my way towards War.g.uiui, but, there was not much shearing going on as it was too wet, and most of the. shearers were away homo. Arrived in Wanganui, had a day gaining ;vf.-,r;i:aM(>n as to my norfc inovt. and there I met Laraoy, and after we sim'iv.ed. up the position, ho went up to Wahatara. and I went un t:>e rhw-. T'lvre ere a terrible lob of .Mann's up il.at way, they do nearly all tiio shi'iirii;,:. Tho ikissps like them so r'-ev tuek'T Hieniv\kes and Hey put the mi r. 10 ileop v. any sort of a stable or pi; si-ye.

There again I got into trouble with a squatter i<>r chipping him about his accommodation, and there I also discovero da. Conservative, working-man. When the boss v.as do no with mc he took to 1110 and oueo moi'.> I was brandodas an "undi-sirablo" who was only going about causing trouble. I said "How is it you fellows always mark a man out as dangerous who is only advocating the claims of Labor and is out to try and gain something for it. If an ot-gani'i.-r ft; the Farmers' Iluion o>ir<a round you think he has a right to, and yo-i gmt him with a smile; if a big fat commercial swindler drives round in a traj pimping for a mercantile house he a'so gets a good hearing and jou think he ha 3 a right to exist; and another purasit-o you look up +0 is a recruiting sergeant, or some of these military pcaeoiks, you think they have a right to follow their nofarious callings, and because poor little Mcc comes round to preach the old ; old story, you look on him as some reptile." Oh, tell mc why is it (I pleaded), my brother, that you are so apathetic—and ho surrendered. The next place I visited was Mangamaho. Tijey all took tickets after a great battle, ganger and all. The most amusing piece of my tour was I struck a shed with five men in it and a Chow cook ; the men would not givo w n a look in, so tli-o Chow dripped in and said ho would take a ticket; he started on to them and he did tell them off. lie said: You fools, you Englishmen, you allee time try steal one another job, you allee time, carry news the bossy; try and get your mate the sack; perhaps you see mc smokeo opium you go lun away quick tolleo policeman. You look, mo Chilemen, him different that fashion, him getting good ogilisafcion. him help one another; him no more telleo policeman on him good fiend; him no more stealing him liiato job; him no more stealing him mate something like-y you; what's a matt a yo>u no more alia Pamio . I think flightcn that ten bob." That's all.

JOHN JtEE