Tramps Abroad.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 82, 4 October 1912, Page 7

Tramps Abroad.

THE PRESS.

Said Fraser, of Auckland, to a reporter: "It's the platform against the press." And the platform is winning all along the line. We can always get a laugh when we refer to the press. So when that lying statement was wired all around the Dominion that Howard had said our men would return to work we knew it would do no harm. We knew our members and thousands >-f others would know that the statement was absolutely false and had not the slightest foundation on fact. This is not the first time that tho press ha 3 deliberately lied. AUCKLAND, AHOYI Never has Auckland had suoh lively times as she has had during the past fortnight. The jailing of Parry and his comrades has been the means of stirring Auckland. With the exception of one or two of Mills' "useful people," Labor IS united in Auckland. Fifteen thousand people assembled on Saturday night week to protest against the action <f Massey's pimps in jailing our miners for breaking no law. Eight thousand people journeyed on foot two miles, through mud and slash, rain and hail, to protest against tho jailing of innocent men for fear they might commit a crime. Sunday saw another 15,000 toilers, men and women, in spite of heavy rain, assemble to do lionor to ou: , comrades in jail. On Sunday evening the Opera House was packed an hour before the time advertised to begin the speaking. Outside there were more than enough to again fill the theatre, listening, hoping to catch a word. Vt the Grey Statue another 2000 people stood and listened to speeches about the jailing of our men. We warn Massey and Co.; we warn Mills and Co. The people will not forget the dastardly action of those two tribes, and when the next general election comes the cry will go forth—"Remember Waihi I" They may think they can blind the people with comic opera affidavits, but the people will remember these days. Massey and Co. have placed those 50 men behind bars, dressed them in convict livery and are half-starving them. Mills and Co., with the assistance of one of their "useful people," Tom Walsh, of Auckland, have not only not condemned the action of Massey and Co., but have gone out of their way to praise the action of the police. These dear little sis foot gentlemen in buttons aimo t throttled Parry' 3, sister when she endeavored to kiss her brother, whom tho police were taking to jail for fear he might commit a crime. The workers of Auckland do not feel bitter against the capitalist class, because they realise those are their natural enemies, but the Mills tribe have lied and lied and have actually assisted the enemy class in trying to defeat the federation in this fight. Never in any part of New Zealand has that grand anthem, "The Red Flag," been sung like it was sung '.ast Saturday night week outside the I jail at Auckland by 8000 people.

"With heads uncovered swear we all To bear it onward till we fall. Come dungeon dark or gallows grim, This song shall be our parting hymn." THOSE CUCKOOS AGAIN. With the coming of spring, or should I say the coming of a victory for the Federation of Labor at Waihi, the cuckoos are looking for someone else's nest. Heard one of these birds at Auckland howling, or should I say chirping, to stop the wheels of industry, wipe out New Zealand, break something, etc.. etc. 1 strolled over and asked: "Say, pretty bird, did you contribute anything to the strike levy?" "No," he warbled back. "I couldn't do it on principle: I'm agin sectional strikes." "Come, come, dicky dear, if the wheels of industry are to stop, what wheel are you employed at keeping going—how will it affect you?" Again he chirruped: 'It won't affect mc at all, but I want to see the wheels stop." I have no time for this class of bird, so I left him. OUR WOMEN. They don't belong to the Housewives' Union, they are not even classed by Mills and Co. amongst the "useful people," but, my word, it did our hearts good to hear our Comrade Mrs. Leach from Waihi deliver her message at the Auckland Opera House. "You can jail all the men, and then we women will fight you! The women of Waihi know exactly what this quarrel is about, and they are standing shoulder to shoulder with the men," said our comrade —and the audience yeUed and stamped and cheered when the little woman sat down and she had to rise again and bow before they would knock-off cheering Keep on, Ma3sey and Co.; keep on Mills and Co., and one of these mornings you will waken nnd wonder "who would have thought it?" FOWLDS, BLACK, AND WALSH. "Oh, that will be joyful, when we meet to part no more." We have met the U.L. Peers of Auckland. They consist of G. Fowlds (he of the dungaree shop), W. P. Black (he of the Ayeff "Voice"), T. Walsh, and the V.M.C.A. Oh, ye horny-handed sons of toil, these are the "Moseses" that are going to bring you into the Promised Land. In the sweet by-and-bye.—THE VAG.