CORRESPONDENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81891, 20 November 1906, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

INDUSTRIAL OBJECT LESSON. 10 Tilt EDITOR. Sir, —I caiiuot congratulate you on youi article of lan Saturday, "All industrial Object Lesson,' wiucll is bunt up on your apparent lack ot knowledge ot tne whole facts ot the Auckland tiamwaymens s.nke. The men's demands were—ll) fnat Coiicuctcr Beaston be re-insia;ed; (2) 1 hat any man accu-ed of an offence invo.vmg dismissal, sliall in luture have mo ngnt :j produce evidence 111 nis own favour if procurable.' Beastoa had beiu brought before 'he manager, Mr Hansen, and discharged for writing something 011 the windows of the I'on-onoy barn, an offence to which aiiotlivi man lias since confussed: but -Mr llaus'-n says that he has uther causes ot complaint against

him. Possib.y they aie Ul.lt the mail is a piomiiK.il member of hi- Lnion, and is one of the delegates on the Trades and Labor Council. Of the jus.iee of the sccjnd demand there can be no question. As 10 the refusal of the men to teach auy more beginners, that was only the first shot fired by the men in self-defence, and no 1 the cause of the strike, as anyone would know who had read either of the Auckland daily papers, which were both "with the whjl - of the incouvenienced puijla , on 'he side tit tile men.—l nt>>- etc.,

CHARLIES I'ARKKK. iMr Charles Parker .-ndeavoui'* io misrepresent us- It li° will take liie trouble o iead our remarks again |i«- will plainly sio that \u- did noti>iKeru iu »\e slighted dev.i : h the i.iiu•»" o) the Auck.aad tramway uoubl- 1 . but dimply made [illusion t«j t.. n 1 ' w> t/aching "vlur-. i.:uii bu-iiU'S*. basj iiig i ur finark- up n objection ! which. by the way, i> on all iouia Iwi h he uim?a>r*nabV d■ mand-s \ many otn*r uni<ni-t luioinarie* of the "amo kidney a- Mr Paiker. me*) who from tii-ir ac ions appear to forK rt <hat mc earth was made for otner p ,,! pl f ' b<-'d l - diein^elv and iha* odin • !k as much in ne*d of a ill-.y —l'd. 1.U.N.)

THE PROPOSKL) -NF.V. I'LCLtC LIURAKV. TO THE EDITOR. Sir.—Thf conditions of rompetitmn lor ab''V>' icii< Ui'l u-. ;ir r ... lie cm mended for their fmni.ss ! ■). < i.ilty t : ..utsi'le arclii:e.-t<. from 'lie r'-ict 'hat £I2OO lifl-clu-ivc >f prnfi-si'.iia I'.- and Clerk „f \\„rks >al:iry) is . ffend for about worth .if 1 <<iuir<menis. t'im- '{,<■ iiifi :>r< iiti'it- all' I'xpected :.i furrii~h I ill ailditi.in u. th<-' usual plans, n~. an?: -(etions a pi'r-pe<uv«' ilraniiiK ! h>- rxt' MJr "f the buildi*nK ar.d a n rnpl':"! specification and (vimniinn nf .'-t lall plans and sperjiic in' H- In bi'c-..me tlv prnp'-rtv of the Ounei: "n d. livery). No premium » ff. t.'.l i>v lit.' Council, and tiie .-in (' -'el archi'ect i- t:j give an und' isiandiiiK p.'r-»nally superin-ti-nd tin* ereriion of the building, or provide a -uitable substitu'e appiov.'d ;,v the Council—and all this 'n be at a r.'imm.'ralion of half the ir-ual rat.' of commission- Finally the C r un<i can accept any tender it feds disposed to, and should th« bc-

ccptod tender exceed the stipulated auiouiit of liu- r-uceossful ariliiur; may hang fur his cmmismoi). and tin Council is not bound to employ lit in, although ii may u*o his plans. Of course, u;> right-thinking sflf-rc-ppciintf architect would compete under such brain sucking and one-sided condition*- which appear to i'bc -penally drawn up wiih a view : lo prevent outsiders from entering the. ists, and possibly for ihe benrtil of a cho-on individual. Such is the manner in which the ratepayers are. as usual, being hoodwinked into the belief thai their arc being | conserved by the Council.—l am, j e'c., JOHN W. WARKEX. Hamilton, November iOth, iyoG.