BOROUGH EMPLOYEES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 148, 9 November 1912, Page 5

BOROUGH EMPLOYEES.

TESTING THEIR LOYALTY. Bj Telegraph—Press Association. Waihi, Last Night. The Wa'hi Borough Council has issued the follow ; ng circular and resolution, and is posting same to borough and county councils throughout the Dominion: "I am directed to call your attention to a resolution passed at a meeting on the 31st ult,, and to ask that your Council discuss the question, passing one of a like nature. The Council realises that in many quarters it may be considered far-fetched and quite superfluous, but the trend of events in Waihi go to prove what condition of things may arise where the doctrines of socialism and an adherence to the principles of the Red Flag find a footing unchecked. In communities where these are unknown it cannot be realised to what lengths the followers of the Red Flag are prepared to go, but the incident of tearing up the Union Jack in Main street, Waihi, may be quoted as an example; and we would urge that this mutter receive the serious attention of your council, and point out that no one enjoying the inestimable advantages of living under the Union Jack should raise an objection, except on the point that his or her loyalty is apparently questioned, and the declaration may speak for itself." (Signed) H. D. Morpeth, town clerk. The resolution is: "That it be a condition of all future employment on borough works that each and every person employed by a borough council must sign a declaration affirming his or her loyalty to the King and the Union Jack, and that none other than those affirming their loyalty to the King and his flag shall be employed in any capacity on borough works, and that it be an instruction to the town clerk to forward copies of this resolution to all local bodies throughout the Dominion, inviting corporation."