THE WORM TURNS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 27 January 1913, Page 4

THE WORM TURNS

That oven a Labour Premier may imitito the- worm and turn ;ipon torine'ntors has been shown during last week in Western Australia. A deputation from the Hail way Officers' Association waited upon Mr Sbiiddan, and asked foe an - ' eight "hours'" day. 'the fixing of niinimtfin 'salaries . ami others things, and let'it be--under-stood that it was his duty as a 'Lalv our man to give an organisation of workers what they believed they ought to set, or n.> near to that as he could go. Mr Scaddan quite took away the breath of tile deputation by his reply. He said the railway officers; wanted to take everything and ,<rive nothing. Tliey already <rot better terms than people outside the service If he lost liis nolitical'iob lie would at once take a billet in the railway- service and wouTd be able to do "en his bead" the work required there in return for a good wage. He had no patience with men who. if'they did not get 100 per cent, of what thev asked for, coiosidercd the whole of ■ u Minister's answers unsatisfactory. Tho Government had done all they should-do,, and perhaps more. ■