PUBLIC OPINION

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10295, 2 June 1919, Page 3

PUBLIC OPINION

WHAT IS WRONG WITH. LABOUR?

(To the Editor “N.Z. Times.’')’

Sir,—The utility of mv correspondence is apparent more ;n the breach than the observance. In other words, the private rather than the public notice attracted. I have had as mnnr as a dozen communications in ' ono, dar—some Javourabic. and more of them enemy stunts. Others. again;'“cnn't understand him." To Ire “Not 'Understood" is, according to Tiros. Braelren. the common lot. That does not (rouble me. Always te be ur. dcrstood ■ mgv impart a comfy tcelir.p. but mv ambition is to achieve the purpose for which I write. Now, one of the complainants against rrtv campaign said:—“l don't see so Jnneh really wrong with the matter of his writings, as the (act of the writing itself. . This publicity is no good to labour at the present time." Bxfiptjy., and tbo publicity is the obiect of the writing. Certain men. who are no friends of .Labour, have the loan of labour, and had a stunt to pull ti to help them into fat billets' after the elections. The effect of . the publicity will mean that those who. control these, matters, will watch how the sheds fill Up. and what may happen to shipping when boats enough come forward to cope with the congestion.' and the congestion rather than the clearance pleases those who think thev control the situation. It made a lot of. difference the bridge heinn blown up befotw ..instead of after the Allies crossed, according to the "Old'nn.” This stuff is deemed to .be -no goo' l to Labour. - But what is Labour* Who aro Labour’s friends? Certain nmo go about bellowing like the bull of Hnshan: “We will give, we will giye.” . Thev have nothing to give, and all they rtt»met to make is trouble. Tgo a bit on pictures end T saw, the “Sorrows of Satan.'* Srbil Elton had to die to save Gregory Tempest. ■ She appeared to him fa the spirit, after discovers- T.nei,, ’•ee.llv was. The scanel was Lurie’* cobfessibn to Gregory Tempest''Bte«u*r t gave rou ell vonr greed and isnoranoe craved, vou though I was. von- friend. I was yonr enemy, and what T gave yon was not gobd.’’ Whet: these leaders promise would lead to the present, slate of affairs in Russia, ('"d is not. good.. HENRY BODLSY. May atsf, wa. THE P.P.A, (To the Editor “N.Z, Times.’’),.... Sir,—flavine . finished the war and cleaned üb. tha recant epidemic the itinerant Howard Elliott has passed on to the next business:' iudgina by your report in ta-day’s “Times.’’ It is of engaging interest for yonr readers to note the oratories 1 . ebullit ; ous of tha erudite scholar who must ba accepted ah the chief fugleman of the P.P.A. movement. Mr Harford (Feiklins) deplored the hunt of backbone exhibited bv Protestants They were nothing li,ut‘ cowards. This eras eertnislv ah- unfixrtunritß break on Mr Harford’s part, bnt, howeyey, it, whs mild., in convpnrision with the. wrath Af the Scotch minister down south who denounced tha Anglican* ’’ns bastards’’ beCAUxfc frier TYOtild nof, loiti th* 6Tganisauon of which -the minister was a distinguished patron.- Hvwever. when it is realised that the eeljtral figure Of the show was horsewhipped in thy Street in Auckland .by,,.a , M-ttymed, sovdier for n very good reason the real character of the movclh'dnt' can he"readily appreciated. Hire penalties rre threatened to the Government which . continues to treat the association ns’dirt and ighAWa its brif the vrrntli o£ fh£ P.T’-A. is bille-1 -to f?1,l upfin,it at,th* next election. We shall see. “SOUARE BEAL.’’, Marion, May'29th. 1910. REPATRIATION - (To the Editor “N.Z. Times.") Sir,—Aa a result of the rapid influx of .■w.urned soldiers, we_ find -.the . Kepairlunon Department requesting employers to allow the department to fill the letters vacancies. This is nndcubte4ly. a laudable action; but would, it not be advisable for the Government to attend to.its own vacancies.also?- : lit many departments, but chiefly in the post and telegraph,- there are.-1-be-lieve, a large- number—of- temporary t«male oiuplovees ■ who filled the (rap* caused tly the balloting of male servants. Therefore, is it fair 'that these persons ntibuld take precedence over the men who have fought for"’the''"liberty of’ tint country r ' ..A , , Trusting that an abler pen wul talte «m W .