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Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 82, 4 October 1912, Page 5

I In Our Opinion j "T\o as you are told and don't argufy" is the mtfldnium sought by tho despots who rule the workers in kew Zealand. -^*—♦*•— S»RIGHTEOUS/tf£SS is the bane of NeV Zealand, '"fhe self-satisfied attitude that WrongsjEo Other countries pay be I'am&able Vfct in New Zealand Are impossible has t»b bo rudely shaken. Righteousness ©jcaiteth a nation ('tio t»id), but self-fighiteousuess degradeth \ nation. ——.—.-a NOW We be long! A Press Association Message from Waihi last week read: "The water has now Cached No. 10 (mine) kvel. It had Men generally thought the water by this would have risen, considerably higher." Oh, no, it hadn't. Anyway, fo is quit© high enough. Now we shall W what w« shall see. » jfT may wand absurd, but it's true: r It is 4» *■&*'?. to ifluoofently reach kil in New Zealand as in Russia. If Uu »nswer that anti-conscripts and paionista need not go to jail in New Eealand, the retort is that they need lot go to jail in Russia if they will do boat is asked here—obey unquestionJagly th» Authorities. —4—■ ApBE letter from Mr. Sellar in another . column makes its own impressive Knots. All the time the finings and jail|ngs *r* proceeding, and all tho time Indignities and outrages are being -com(bitted in tho name of Defence, all this time the newspapers are crying "trea> fen" sad ''disloyalty of those brave few who persist in telling the truth. pat tih.4 truth-tellers are the nationWere. ' ♦ W7HAT a day Sunday, September 22, must have been in Auckland, fruly did that city rise to the occasion. Press estimates of the attendance at the afternoon demonstration vary from fcOOO to 18,000, showing how even "experts" can be "mistaken," for these fxtrome estimates actually appeared in jteports. Anyway, all agree the proceedings of Saturday and Sunday, and before and after, were enthusiastic to a degree. Auckland deserves JvelJ, and will do better yet. — 4 |"\UR front page cartoon has reference " to the meeting of Semple and Parry In the Mount Eden prison, C. Smith, of {Waihi, also being present. Semple Ascertained that the union prisoners Iwere garbed in offensive jail attire, feept on -short rations and isolated for fell but four hours of the 24, Parry declared thai tho men were prepared to fight to 'the last. Nevertheless, every (unionist win a particle of manhood and independeace will be on fire with zeal for their release. «. -_ fTSSE executive of the Federation of ■ajfca.txir bosa» to assemble in Weljjngton early last week and by Friday Was in lull strength, the president only being absent. Deliberations were of an important character. Among other things, it was decided to increase the strike pay of single men from 15*. to %7s. 6d. snd of married men from £1 to 255., with 2s. 6d. for each child up to six. The executive conducted a good deal of propaganda and general business, and was engaged in dealing with the strike situation when we went to press. ...» ARKE Wellington "Ghost," in a ponderous c; tempt to be karsastic, refers to T»a Wonts* as "A Comic L»bor Paper." Sorry we cannot return the compliment. To accuse the "Gbost" of being "A Ccmic Capitalistic Paper" would outrage all sense of the fitness of things. True, it is hot Unfunny in its humorless senility, but (ts oditorials and comments are so conIgtrteatly -sodden and stodgy that a gleam of humor, even of the unconscious variety, is as hArd to discover as it ins to locate the backbone of a jellyjßsh Liberal politician. The "Ghost" is to, its dotage. -—. ♦■■ , fIPHE/ Queensland Parliamentary ■* Labor Party was fortunate of reber.t years in having as its leader such $. sterling, honest fighter as Dave Bowman. A 8 the Brisbane "AVorker" points out: "Always has David Bowman, been surrounded with an atmosphere of reliability. Confidence could be spelt with six letters beginUing with ft - fi." In New Zealand the Federation of Lfcbor possesses in its president, P. C. Webb, » man- like unto Botfman in his sincerity and staunchness. No word has ever been breathed against Webb for paltering or haltering, and no one who has ever heard him speak could faiJ <S0 fired with admiration for his whole-Sonled earnestness in a cause which too often, alas! is Afflicted with the unstable and the insincere. May his Mill JWer gr.W less! - — ♦ ' ■■'— TITE congratulate Herb. Kennedy, ;* v -:,5V«11<5!f..: Hichards and franklin on their election as acting-president, and secretary re•p«ctiv«ly of the AA'aihi Workers' tfojoa. They are called upon to fill responsible posts in AVaihi's most critical experience, and will know that the New ■Sse"ftland Libdr Movement will he tremendously influenced by the struggLthey are called upon to officially represent. It is instructive to recall that the acting officers wore two among the biggest-paid contractors when the mines were working, and yet are prepared to sacrifice their" enviable "place" 111 this respect in order to uphold their Union and genuine unionism. ''They're fool»," say the oynicAl money-chasers, (Hit these do not understand the grip of Vorking-olass principle and the higher jfcind. Luck and plaudits to the trio! One is free in proportion as one is Strang; there is no real liberty save fchat which ono takes for one's self.— Jjtiroer.

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