FATHER BRODIE.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 64, 31 May 1912, Page 7

FATHER BRODIE.

DF.CLFNFS TRKAMiIIFdISHU' OF SCAB UNION'S FUND. "AN ATTITUDF OF IMI'A!.'!"!A L INULTKXDKNCF.."' In tbt l "Herald" ef Tuesday. May'JL then 1 appeared a statement, that tbe It: v. Father Brodie had been forw.-.;,•;----oil I'-tO, as a. first instalment of a sueseription fund towards tho Kngiue-dnv-ers' Union, "as he was a lit ami proper person to undertake the duty,'' and "as he took a special interest iv tins .section of the' workers (moaning the scab engine-drivers).' This money was collected' by "upholders of the Arbitration Act" (.alias tho master class), and was raised in Auckland. Father Brodie, in reply to the above statement, forwarded a letter to the Strike Committee, and also to the local press, stating that the iir.'t intimation he had received in connection with the matter was an unsigned telegram, stating that money was being sent through him for disbursement among the new union members. A few days later a bank draft for £10 arrived, which he returned to bank, requesting them_ to make other arrangements as ho "wished during the present crisis tt> maintain an attitude of impartial inde|K.-nd-elioe." The masters are prepared to use (or endeavor to use) any weapon that will tend to disunite tbe, workers. Any weapon or method will boused by them in order to create dissension in tie 1 ranks of the workers and set litem nt each other's threats. Tho mens fact of members of the employing class supporting the new organisation is sullieiont t-.» show the workers Hint Arbitration Court unions must be beneficial to the masters. Tbe workeis of Waihi have learnt- more during the. past week or so of the doings of capitalistic combines and papers than they would learn iv IJ months at ordinary times. For so much knowledge h-l us bo thankful.