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NZ Truth, Issue 75, 24 November 1906, Page 4

Money talks, particularly \*»hen it "calls" a parson-

If T. Clayton, the brilliant jock, who has been steering Poseidon, and who grabbed the hatful of . Cups and Der by s,. never wins another- race, the memory of flashing home before the field m those four famous events should warm his heart right through eternity. .

Lord Roberts considers' that the ideal of Mr Haldane, Secretary of State for War, of a large "reserve consistinr of, the able-bodied men of the nation, would prove a failure when the emergency arose. Of course it would. And 'the reduction of the aveaage intelligent workman., by the propdsed military, serfdom, to the level of the Prussian automatons, who the other day unwittingly helped, a spieler- to rob a bank and imprison a Mayor, would be nothing^ else but a. national calamity and a degradation of the race.

The Union S.S. Co. would, if it could, be the law of New Zealand. One of its-la-t>sst arbitrary acts has been to sack the crew of the s.s Wainui, because they refused to work cargo while m Qreymouth harbor on King's Birthday, which is* one of their legal holidays under the Arbitration award. The law says they must be paid overtime on such days, •and it is optional whether they accept it or not. The cunning. Company kept within the law by giving the men 24 hours' notoce, and having them bring the ship to Wellington, but then they went ..out -quick and lively, and, moreover, found themselves blacklisted, so that they could not get employment with am- other local cpmpanv or owner. The U.S.S. C. wants bringing up with ' a "round turn. It is as bad m its methods as the Chicago stinking meat tiust.

Some time ago a certain patent medicine company advertised a prize of 5 guineas for the best poem advertising their particular lotion. In the "Evening Post" of the Bth inst., appeared an advertisement stating that the jud<-re, Professor Brown, of Victoria College, had awarded the prize to a poem by Dr. Pollen, of Wellington, and that a cheque for £5 5s Had been forwarded to the writer. In a succeeding issue of the paper the proprietors apologise for causing Dr Pollen annoyance- by the publication of his name." But they don't deny that the doc. wrote the poem or that he was the person who received the cheque. What "Truth" would like to know is, whether Dr. Pollen wrote that meterical gem or not, and if he did and was so heartily ashamed of seeing his name attached to it m cold print, did he give the, fiver so earned to some charitable institution. If it was good enough for him to pocket the quids he might have pocketed his pride (or was it shame at the awfulnefK of his verse) and said nothing. It might be thought the doctor had p sweet enough snap on, anyhow;, without going into competition with the professional thy raster, who mostly is badly m need of five bob,