NGAKAWAU NOTES.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 48, 9 February 1912, Page 10

NGAKAWAU NOTES.

Of late, and perhaps move errioci.illy since the advent oi youi workers' l.liile. "'Hie Maoriland Worker,' 1 and • hat tatal mistake of Sir Joseph's now

j-;iiie.ralL known and recueiiised \iy the

iMHiie oi "conscription"—though the <iodl<-.\" men t-tnvo unceasingly by M>phisti<ai soft-soap and phi.osibh pitlie to obliterate irom tin- mini,* ol men and women and youths Un particular) the true strength oi what that sinister word implies—it has beer- noticeable that the doctrine ot Socialism as been gaining ground her<.

At la«t the President oi the local Union decided ihat the tim<- had come when an effort should be made to organise, mi that facilities- might In offered lor the study and advam-*-mcnt of the principles contained in * hat .■corns destined to liecoino. il indeid it has not already become, one oi the groat questions of the day. One whose able or unnedeomablc woes oi humanity can scarce find satisfaction in Ins own soul for placing one, or any, oi the great sciences which have illuminated the path of progress with radiant beams ot hope for the betterment of mankind before this great doctrine of universal emancipation of the '"submerged tenth," or rather, nine-Untlis.

And so Ngakawau decided thai it should give a helping hand to roll this new chariot of progress and liberty along the rocky roads of Iguoiance and Vilification to.a haven of security and success.

A party with Mr. Dan Alexander as president and "Scot-tie" i'l know no other name, " Scott io," so excuse) McLean as secretary has been. Li ought into being, and promises to get a good deal oi support. Its president set" the hall in motion by reading an interesting and educative paper on "Industrial Unionism." The paper was fully discussed by members present, and all felt that a profitable evening had been spent. Such meetings give promise ot becoming popular, and are now look<Hl forward to. —KHAN.