in Wailii recently a single taxer advised his nnclk'nee of wageearners to "'unite harmoniously with tilic capitalists in order to destroy privilege and monopoly!" This idea of mixing the. unmixablc elements of oil and water actuates the minds of the sliirtworkeis of Auckland, who called a mass meeting of those employed in tho shirt trade for the purpose of forming a union, in connection v.iih which special invitations wore sent to several of the employers to address the meeting., and the invitations wore accepted. Again, .the new Trades Hall in Auckland v/as opened recently. Tho first meeting was ft combined one of workers and robbers, to protest against the "Yellow Peril," find the capitalist chairman expressed tho wish that many such meetings of "master and man" would take plaoo in the future. Verily, wLilo the wage-slaves can be chloroformed with this "jnutual interests" anaesthetic, and invite the advice and assistance of the robbing class, nothing prejudicial to tho system of Robbery, Want, Misery, And Murder will ever take plaoe
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Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 73, 2 August 1912, Page 9
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169Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 73, 2 August 1912, Page 9
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