WAIHI WHIFFS.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 51, 1 March 1912, Page 10

WAIHI WHIFFS.

Woikors, have you ever read in your capitalist papers that tho officials of jour Federation addressed a large aneeting of workers, who, after hearing their views, decided to join the hed•ration,? If you have, it has been very rarely. v But when the Reefton Miners' Union Bossed a mo*ion of censure upon I. H. Hickey for his outspoken and logical article in "The Worker" of February 9, the master-class press gave the matter great pnunin.cn » in their columns. Why? Was it because they love the wage-slaves P Was it because they like to discuss working-class matters? No, comrades it was becauso they glory in teeing the slightest spark of dissension kindled in our ranks. It means renewed hope to them; it means a coutmuatiora of the easy life for them ; it ■pells salvation to them. Why the Inangafina Union passed such a resolutions is as big a problem to mc as electricity is to tho Eskimo. Perhaps w« will bear shortly. Another of Waihi's stalwarts, in tlie person of Committeeman W. E. Robinson, has left our midst. Prior to his ioparture. ho was accorded a smoke so•ialby his fellow committeemen, where eulogistic references were made to Ins ability and interest in industrial matters. Fellow-worker Doyle, of Lithgow, has visited Waihi on his mission .in behalf of the Lithgow Unionists, and was accorded a splendid reception. Ho placed the workers' position before the Union members in a very clear and outspoken address. Ho also visited Karangahake *nd Thames, and addressed the respective Unioni. Comrade Hartley delivered his second address on Sunday week on "Socialasm and tflie Children" to a crowded iouse. Tho women folk are attending our meetings in ever-increasing numbers. Tho choice music of the orchestra U also much appreciated. The Sunday school is progressing well. More children are attending, and iho teachers are responding to the duties in a whole-hearted manner. Hartley, turns the position up thus: "We want the children. The children of to-day are th© nation of to-memrow. bo ■ay we aII.—THE REBEL.