The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1890. LABOR UNIONS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3456, 11 March 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1890. LABOR UNIONS.

Yesterday telegrams informed us that two more labor unions hail been formed in that progressive union centre, Aucklaud, and tbere are now supposed to be some 20,000 names enrolled in this little colony of New Zealand, Auckland, with its teeming population of sixty thousand souls, and with its labor champion, Sir George Grey, seems to have thrown itself heart and soul into the labor battle; but what is thogood of it all ? In the City of tho North there are far more hands than there is work, and the problem to be solved should be the finding moro work for unemployed bands rather than raising the status of that section of the industrial population which can command employment. The sympathies of right minded people should rate be with the hundreds of heads of familos who tramp the streets and fail to find occupation on any terms. We fail to see bow labor unions can creatoa labor market by regulating the hours of work, the rate of wages to be paid, and tho conditions upon which hands shall be engaged and discharged. If labor unions devoted themselves to the greater and grander task of finding work for the man who has no employment, and who is possibly half starving, with his family, on a few precarious shillings, picked up by soino occasional job, we should have a greater respect for them than ; at present we entertain. By imposing conditions on employers, they'securo for tbomsolves privileges j at the cost of the outside workers, who are not enrolled in their ranks; Their efforts have a tendency to make tho well paid laborer better off and the ill paid laborer poorer. Thoy form a privileged class, which fakes pretty well all the honey in the hivo, and keeps at arm's length a struggling mass of labor whiob is below tbeir ranks. Half tho industrial population ot New Zealand have no doubt by this time become unionists, and am hold their own both with the employers above them and with the unemployed below them. We trust that in their hour of triumph they will remember the latter, and will so direct their organisation that it will be Home benefit to those who are most in need of assistance, The main lesson whioh the present era of labor strikes appears to indicate, is the uusuitability of New Zealand for developing protected industries, and the.necessity pf finding other work for thousands of men and women who have congregated iu our larger towns and overstocked the labor market. We already possess a large surplus of industrial population, and the effeot of strikes and labor disputes must be to increase this surplus, We do not for one moment challenge the right of all knights of labor to organise unions for their own.advantego, nor deny that such unions, if wisely directod, may be au advantage to the community; all we contend is jthittln-fint wd.grwfcrt iwk'for

such unions ia to dotermine how the unemployed men and women of our large towns, who overstock the labor market and primarily bring about'the ovils which they seek to combat, aro l.c-live? - ,

Messrs Lowes and lorns announce a sale of stock at Ekctahuna for Wednesday, Match 19th. | The rejrular meeting of the Thistlol Lodge, 8.0,, 647, is announced to be held on Wedftesdaf evening next. Tondora ato invited by tho Chief Surveyor for bushwork, formation, and bridging on tho Hawera-Kakariki road. We remind members of the Junior Football Club ot tho annual meeting, which takes place this evening, at ftp.ni, in tho Commercial Room of tho Prince of Wales Hotel,

The Kaiwhata School, situated near Caatlepoint, the most distant of the Wellington Education Board's schools, was re'openod, aftor a cessation ot tbreo months on February Ist. Mr Henry Messiter Is in charge.

Tho correspondent of the Auckland Herald says :-I understand that Sir Julius Yoyel is likely to mako a nice little profit out ot his connection with the company which has been formed to work the oil springs at Taranaki, that is, assuming the enterprise to bo a pay.. i in? one. Ho has been allotted a very substantial interest in shares. -

Notice is riven by the Eketahuna Road Board that it is intended at a

meeting to bo held on sth April to striko a special rate of one-eight of a penny in the £ on certain sections in the

Mangaono Survey District for tho purpuso of securing payment of tho sum of £75, borrowed for the pnrpoße of forming, metalling, Ac,on the Mangaone and Tawatai ioads.

Several cases of typhoid fevor have

lately occurred at Chelsea, a suburban district on the north .shoro of tho Auckland harbcur, and tho Birkenhead Borough Council have appointed a com-

mittce to take action in tho matter. Tho attendance at the Exhibition last week was 84,022, Up to tho ond of last week the total attendance was 458,404.' Tho cash admissions boiug 290,119. The total takings for admission, entertainments, etc,, since the oponingfs £18,944 10s 3d. This wook is oxpactcd to bo a good one, owing to the band contests which take place, We are requested to remind our roaders of Messrs Lowes and lorns' Block sale to-morrow, the entries for which already comprise 8001 shoep, embracing fat and storo wethers, fat and Btore owes, breeding ewes of all ages and classes, fat and store lambs, 100 rams, viz,, Lincoln, Roinney Marsh and Southdowns, fat and Btoro bullocks, fat and store cows, dairy stock, young cattlo, horses, pigs, etc, A presentation of a haidßomo solid gold P.M.'s jewel is to bo made to Bro. Gardinor, P.M., by the brethren of tho ThistloLodgo, S.ft.No, 047, to-morrow ovoniiig. The jewel, which has been beautifully engraved by Mr W. Dougall, of Queen-street, and is now on view in the window of his establishment, boars the following inscription:—"Presented to Bro. John Gardinor. P.M., by tho members of tho Thistlo Lodge, No. 047, S.C., Mastorton, 12th March, 1890." Tho presentation will bo mado at tho conclusion of tho ordinary business, A child, 14 months old, has been poisoned at Timaru thrown eating an arsenical preparation called "Scrub Exterminator,'' which belli? unlabeled, had been left within reach, The jury found the death to be accidental, adding that tradesmen selling such articles should be compelled to label them as being poisonous, An emetic was promptly givenby tho mother, but tho child died in fivo hours. An aged vetoian cf this town was

arraigned beforo Mr B Boys,J,P„ this morning, charged with drunkonncss, Sergeant Price stated that accused was continually in a state of drunkenness, and ho was determined to put a stop to it. As this, however, was his first offonce, he would ask" that the court doal with him leniently, In discharging the accused the Bonch remarked that it trusted this would be a caution to him, and that he would give up his "drunken habits."

Acts of petty pilforing appear to be quito common in Mnaterton at tho present time, JSot only have orchards been robbed ot their contents with impunity, hut numbers of domestic animals-fowls, dogs, &o„-lnvo been "lifted" without tho knowledgo ol the owners. As regards tho canine species, wo could well afford a few "mongrels" from the street, but singular onough the wary thieves are particular in their olioice, and remoyoonly those which are purebred. It is high timo such acts of vandalism woro brought to an eud' A strange scene was witnessodon tho Liverpool hiding stagolatt week, Hot long ago a man eloped from London with a youn» woman, leaving his wifo bohind. The two went to Liverpool and got safely away to Boston. There however, he got tired of the lady, and eloped with another woman, the pair taking passage to Liverpool in the Cephalonia, intending to be married on arriving there. On leaving the tender at the landing stage, however, tho first person tho man saw was his first wito who had by souio means been notified ot his return. A lively sceno ensued. The two women indulged in a wordy war, which nearly came to blows, whilst tho husband stood by in fear and trembling, Ultimately the wife walked him off in triumph, leaving her rival disconsolate on the Btairo.

Considerable oxoitoment was created in Quceii-etrpefc thjs morning by the appcaranceof "Captain Ned's" favourite barque, after hiving completed an interesting tour round tho westorn portion of tho town, in front of tho office of tho Registrar of "Births, Deaths, and Marriages." Immediately on the anchoring of tho vessol, four smiling passengers were scon to ombark and make their way to the office «f tho Ecgistrar, What here transpired wo cannot possibly assert, but from the number of fomales who were congregated in small iuterosting groups iu the vicinity we wero led to the belief that some event of more than ordinary importance was being transacted, and Irom what afterwards occurred we were not far Krone in this conclusion. A few moments having flitted past, the door of the office flow opon, and thoro appeared on the scene a certain local, tailor, a friend of the same sex, and two ladies. Then came a shou'er of old boots, rice, hats, and sundry other articles of domestic uso, and tho happy ljttlp company having stepped ou to the boat, tho latter a?nin wafted her sails to the breeze, and sailed beautifully down Church-street, amidst the waving of hankercjiiofs and the "God-speeds" of a crowd 'assembled, to see her off. We aro givon to understand ftaji the parties most interested in tho ceremony, are Mr James Webb, of this town, and Miss E. Walker.

Tins Fsir has proved a success, iu thai il has onabled ua to sell put a lijrge proportion ol out surplus surumor stock at To Aro House, Wellington. "The Fail'," however, has left us a balance ; small, it is true; still, a balance of goods that we should like to entirely clear out ol To Aro House, Wellington. The" Fair" prices were extraordinarily low; very much below the value ol the goods j notwithstanding wo havo reduced them still more, in order to accomplish our design at To Aro House, Wellington, Ladies should peruse attentively our summary, of theso reductions, on each side of tha we)l-!mown pioture ol To Aro House/ Wellington. ■ ' ''' ■■'"'' Ladjes should pay ft visit is our djreas counter, as they are certain to pick up greater bargains.' than heretofore; . and should npt forget to look into, the ntanllc department and see the marvels of cheapncssin mantles, jackets at Tc Aro House, Wellington,. . ; J Ladles would And if a red! pleasure in looking over the balance of our seasons millinery, with the very tempting prices at j which every article is marked at Te Aro House, Wellington.,--. ... , Ladled «rc reminded that tbo speoial reduotiona madoln thaw specially enuroeratcd artioles will continue to the end of the present month only, at Tv Aro Hobs?, .wtuipgtoi.-

A general meeting of tha Early Closing Association is announced to\be held at the Oddfellows'flat!, Perry-street, on Wednesday (to-niorrow) evening.

The following oases wero heard at Carterton before Colonol Koborts, B.M. this morning s-Weston v Ridgway, claim £2 5s 6d for moat supplied. Judgment confessed. T A Weston v Geo Meckleson, claim for £4 2s Bd. Mr Aoheson for defendant, adjournment allowed till next sitting. Alex Stevenson v J Pike, Mr Middleton for plaintiff, who stated that tho matter had been amicably settlod. We have received a communication from ono signing himself "Working Man," but as it ii contrary to practice to insert any correspondence without tho name of the writer, wo cannot give it publication.

Tho Bakers' Union of Auckland havo resolved to support the early closing movemout, aud tho members have decided not to purchase goods in any shopkopt opoii after the regulation hour.

The agricultural statistics for North Canterbury (Ashburton to ' Cheviot inolusive) fur this season is 160,712 acres in wheat, estimated to yield 13,764,2-15 bushels; 102,162 acres in oats for groin, to yield 2,760,821: bmhels; 18,060 acros in barloy, to yield 390,452 bushels; 6813 acros id potatoes, to yiold 28,152 tons. The quantity of last year's crop on hand is 180,191 bushels of wheat, 120,205 bushols of oats, and 4860 bushols of barley.