Hartley.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 80, 20 September 1912, Page 4

Hartley.

On Friday next E. R. Hartley sails from Wellington after a 12-months' engagement with the New Zealand Socialist Party. He goes to Melbourne for a six-months' term with the Victorian Socialist Party, and then— hcigho for England, home., and children. During his stay in New Zealand's isles Mr. Hartley has rendered incalculable service- as press and platform propagandist, and though the fruit may noi) be ready to gather for many a day, the seed of Socialism has been sown, oft in fields hitherto untouched. As in the parable of the Sower, some seed has fallen by ilhe wayside, 6ome upon stony places, some among thorns, but some, praise be, among good ground, which will assuredly bring forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold, the which we shall see as time rolls on. Our departing comrade probably has seen more of New Zealand than the vast majority of New Zealanders themselves. The strange places he has been; the wondrous sights he has seen! His experiences would fill a book—and we expect to see a book as' ;:, result of his four. It would be welcomed by the thousands of friends.he bas made in this country, either personally. per the platform, or.through the columns of this paper. Mr. Hartley's chatty, homely, graceful "Organiser's Notes," with their simplicity of diction, charming descriptive effectiveness and plain, straightforward statement of undeniable truths., have been a feature of The Worker during his stay amongst us, and have been rend with keen relish by our readers. We trust still to receive contributions from his facile pen as the days roll on and though the reas divide us. Time and distance will both be bridged whenever we hear from him in this manner. We trust also that Mr. Hartley's term in Victoria will result in heartening those already in the ranks of the fighters for the World That Is To Be and winning many new adherents to the glorious cause of Socialism, and that he will have many years of usefulness before him when he returns to England. Bon Voyage, Good Luck, and Au Revoir, Eddard —and when we say Eddard of course it's understood that Eddard embraces Mrs. Eddard. The Business Manager can consider herself embraced accordingly.