The Mighty Atom

Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 54, 22 March 1912, Page 6

The Mighty Atom

H. M. Fitzgorald has been doing splendid work for Socialism from the Opera House platform, Auckland. Hie Sunday night lectures have been largely attended and greatly appreciated.

Heir Max B. Hahlo, of Hamburg, Germany, who has been touring New Zealand, states that the Gorman ■■

conscription. Why is it, then, that hundreds of thousands of tierni*ns emigrate to the United States to escape military service P Will our German visitor please explain ?

D. G. Sullivan., the defeated "Labor" candidate for Avon, was tendered a social last week. Mr. C. H. Ensor, the defeated Conservative candidate, testified to Mr. Sullivan's splendid qualifications as a Laborito. Another defeated candidate, Mr. J. McCombe, also said nice things. The "Lyttelton Times," in the course of an editorial, observed: "We hope that before many years have passed Mr. Sullivan will be able to. secure tho wide opportunities of public service that his ideals and ambitions entitle him to ask." Such good wishes from such sources will no doubt prove most encouraging, to Mr. Sullivan. But^—Labor bewa.ro 1

Captain Amundsen, who has earned renown as tho loader of tho first expedition to roach the South Pole, is an experienced and intrepid navigator in the Polar seas. In 1905 he distinguished himself by being the first to negotiate tho much-sought north-west passage of the Northern Hemisphere. For nearly throe centuries this passage baffled the skill of some of the greatest navigators of their day, many of them, like Hudson and Franklin, losing their lives in the attempt. It remained for Amundsen, in a tiny craft, to accon> plish the feat.

Comrade Tom Barker lias been elected secretary of tho Auckland branch N.Z.S.P., vice M. J. Savage, who has taken up tho secretaryship of the Propaganda Committee of tho party. We congratulate the torrential "Tom" on his high appointment.

Labouchcre the Late, liko Mark Twain, was a great smoker. The American humorist had a mania for strong cigars. Tho craving of the London journalist was for cigarettes. Although abstemious in other respects, Mr. Labouchere was seldom seen without a cigarette. He was unhappy when circumstances prevented him smoking, ami he caused amusement in the House of Commons because of his dislike to remain in his scat longer than half-an-hour. Often during a big debate, he would dasli off to the smoke-rooms for a cigarette, and at home he almost won the distinction of being a " chain smoker."

Sir George Reid said of the struggles of the suffragettes and policemen in a recent riot: "I never in all my life Baw bo much embracing under unfavorable circumstances. 5.

Tho Rev. W. E. S. Holland, of Allahabad, India, addressing a conference in London in January, said: As certainly as anything could be predicted, they might take it that in the next t-en years North Africa was going to be Mahometan, the new China was going to be materialist and godless, and the new India was going to bo agnostic.

P. C. Webb, President F.L., arrived in Wellington last week end, after a very busy time in Auckland. He left for cho South Island on Monday, previously addressing tho watersiders and meeting in consultation "The Worker" board and tho executive of the transport workers' branch. He is now visiting Lytteltcn, Christchureh, Dunedin, Kaitangata, and perhaps other centres.

W. E. Parry, Vice-President F.L., lias returned to Waihi. Ho did strenuous and sustained work in connection with the Auckland trouble.

A long and a strong pull on organised labor's part, and Mayor Parr, of Auckland, iliould bite the dust. * * *

P. 11. Ilickoy, sub-editor |'Worker," is on a rapid organising visit to Terar kohe, doing Picton and Nelson en rou-te.

J aim, I. Fux. the polished Socialist from Pahiatua, presided at the Parif Communo anniversary celebrations ctt tJio Socialist Party at Wellington.

James Lailrin. secretary of the Irish' Dockers' Union, has recontJy been elected to the Dublin City Council. Larkia is regarded as one of the ablest inon in the Labor movement, unswervimg in his class loyalty and scrupulously honejst. In the campaign from winch h« emerged triumphant, he had to fightf the lies and calumny of press, and commerce—and he beat them all.