Heard and Said

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 65, 7 June 1912, Page 6

Heard and Said

_tt»t congratulations poured in from many quarter*- because of coiiler«uice'*; adoption ot somul industrial Unionism print-inks. That it is to be hoped that the work 4-i education upon those principles will go on with unabated vigor. That the Mine Owners' Association js determined to break down workingvlrtPS organisation on tho gold!ickitt tit he Dominion. Tiiah it will probably live to discover that atiempting to smash unions is iiitilc in the extreme. That Harry Holland in New Zealand will mean straight talking to Mew Zealand's workers. That Holland has a long record of honorable service performed on bchall «»f the working-class under enormous difficultiea. That the capitalist press has been exceedingly busy of late attempting to derioV the Federation and prejudice the workers against it. That the greater the hostility shown l,y the press the greater tile good aoicornplishod. Tliat scab unionism will soon be elevated K»y pluioeracy to the jKisilion of a deity. That the desire <if the workc-'.- one and all should be for sound organisation irrespective of capitalist parties. That the "Hero of Mafeking," BadenPowell, lecturing at so nnieh a head, guarded by boy scouts, is the limit. That a "Bulletin cartoon upon the subject is very timely indeed. That predictions of another election Arc again being noised abroad. That the lloyal Commission on the Cf.sf. of Living is screamingly funny. Tliat ihe death of A. D. Hart removes » straight-goer from the ranks of Labor. That H. V,. Fit/.gcrald arrived in Weltmgton from Auckland hist week. T_A ttie recent pelrol famine was not Tefiponsible for any undue anxioO. Among the workers of this country. That Pome day the, average workingman will rce-eivo a greater share of the motor-car than the dust and dirt paused by whirring wheels. That the "Vice of Slobber" still howls its piffle against the organised work-ing-class. That the capitalist class ha* ever been able to purchase tools from the working-class to do its dirty work. That these are days of stress and storm for the N Z.K.L. That the Federation will emerge from the storm with its Hag flying at its masthead. That London's Iransporl workers are serving out direct action in a nn.-sl exhilarating style. That indications continue- to point to Britain a* the country whore drastic working-class action will be first resorted to. That the llikuraugi miners downed tools last week. That the trouble arose over an alleged defective weighbridge. ■ \