Heard and Said

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 70, 12 July 1912, Page 6

Heard and Said

That Teddy Roosevelt told the <*hicagoans that "with unftinchiiiLi hearts and undimnied ejes we stand at Armageddon. We battle for the Leid."

That someone, somewhere, sometime eaid that the Jjord was on the s de of the biggest battalions.

That Roosey's vocal volleys m.iwit.h(danduig, Taft carries too many yiiu« ior the ox-President and his. I.ieadwdos boom witli the backing of the big battalions, so that in'tead of Teddy being ''for the Lord. Hi- a finch that he's up against Him. That the Irihh Home Rule envois _a<!i crod together tho tidy little «nm nt £ .'IO.OOO during their visit to \usli.v lasia.

Fbat this amount- will prove oi pi.',it service in the iinnl stages «,! ihe struggle for the realisation oi I lie ideal so dear to tbe hearts <>i all patriotic Irishmen.

That in view of the early consummation of Home Rule, the recent tour will probably be the last undertaken by Irish Parliamentarians in ipu+t of the "necessary."

That the Queensland (iovornmeot has decided to increase the police vote by nearly £50,000, and to add 200- men to the strength ol the "loorce." That this is presumably in cider te buttress "law-'n-order" in case the workers have the temerity le down tools again in tlie immediate iuturc. That unionists should always speak well, think well, and act well towards their union.

That they shouldn't grumble v- outsiders if they have any gi i<vanecs. but write to or call upon the ,se. retary about the mutter at once. That if everything in the coioniei of the union is not exactly aeeunimg to their ideas, they should take a keener interest in tlie union and u,II up to the meetings.

That if they took an intelligent interOft in the working of the union and H}» doings of their officials, our ears wouldn't bo so frequently assaulted by the miserable muttering*, that the union was being run by a little ejiuuc »r a small coterie

That all tho "rags" iv the Dominion are snapping and snarling at the heels of the Federation like a pad: o! mongrel curs.

That their references to the Federation. its objects and its officers are lik< an oasis in a Sahara of parish pumj politics.

That the New Zealand Bible in Stale Schools League is entering upon » vigorous campaign lo secure the adoption of its proposals—a campaign that is to be "prosecuted iron, one end of the country to the other with the utmost determination." That Canon Garland, of Que. luia.nd. a man of considerable ability as an organiser, and a strenuous and successful worker iv this particular movement, has accepted the position of oi'gani.sing secretary fur tin Dominion. That the League means busir,<'-s. and tbe workers of this country. of all creeds and of no creed, should sit up ami take notice. That our education system should be "free, secular, and compulsory." and kept uncontaminated from thc blighting influences of sectarianism. That there is always "the devil to pay" when tho India-headed monster of sectarianism uprcais itself among the people. That the recess programme of Parliamentarians consisted of a trinity of "SV--soeials. suppers and spueh's, the last-mentioned, however, being mostly incidental and entirely subsidiary to tho "spreads" and "shimns." Thai blarney and baU(|iiots. soft soap and socials, form a natural and harmonious combination. ?.hat electors aud elected for ill- nonce funned tliemsi 1 1 , es into mutual admiration societies- it's a habit N<w Zeabindors havo -ol- - and at was the haek-seratchiug thoieat. fliat the opening of Parliament- put a temporary stop 1.0 the jolly junkitings, but a n-orudeseenoo is bound to occur as soon as the Talking Shop puts up the shutters.