An Outside View

Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 90, 6 December 1912, Page 6

An Outside View

i ♦ J WORSE THAN "BLACK FRIDAY." _ - I j REJECTED LETTER. TO CAPITAL--IST PAPER. I Sir,—Permit mc, through the columns lof your fair and impartial paper, to j place simply before your readers an outi viewpoint on the Waihi eitwation. First, the action of the'enginedrivers in attempting in coerce the ' Miners' Fnion to re-register under the j Arbitration Act» was altogether unnei cessary, seeing that conditions did not then constitute the bone of contention, ! also I understand that contractors were ! doing well. i Now, these men are certainly not go- . ing to sacrifice themselves for nothing, ,and on analysing the position from the ■' latest move on the part of the remain-! < dcv of the miners and their wives leavi ing their homes, shows a determination I that one must admire, to say the least, I and clearly indicates that they have a supreme principle which is theatened. It also leaves the company in the same position they were six months ago. But the question that should insistently force itself upon the minds of the public and the shareholder alike is: "What was the motive? Tn passing comment on the behaviour of the police at Waihi, they certainly dej serve censure and unquestionably they ifar exceeded their duty. Personally. I I happened to be passing through Brisbane and witnessed what Queenslanders now term "Black Friday" during the late strike. And in passing judgjment on the recent event in Waihi, T ij do rot hesitate to say it was even j worse. If we complain of the want of I loyalty to the "flag," it cannot be wondered if such treatment is moted out Jto a class of intelligent men and women i who are now abandoning Waihi. —I am, I J. McK. JOHNSON. (The foregoing letter was seint to "N.Z. Herald," Auckland, hut in the i words of the writer, "received no recognition."—Ed. "M.W.")