KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
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. A.meeting was hold In the Town Hall, Ekelabuna, on Saturday, 11th October, having for. its object the formation.of a branch of tho Knights of Labor. .
Mr Hodges was; voted to the chair and briefly jjitrofee'd t)je speaker.' jfr objects of thp onjiir'." Tho' p'riripipal part pf his add res? was a repetition of the addresq' delivered by. him a short time ago, He stated that the Pftawtfon; branch now numbered about 350,Tne mustmui: M and tho Carterton 70, which showed that the membership of tho order was Tho Knights c' Labor was a secret organisation. No- member was allowed to divulge 1 the ■ tinfn'e of auother member without the cou. sent of that member. It had been hinted by oertain papers that the
object of forminga.branch' on' the bvo of.nn election whs fori political purposes. Itwasnotsoi Attho snmc time thoy did not, intend to return capitalists. Their' object was to return those who jvpuld leejslato for the woiking classes, The order could bo made n benefit society such as tho Oddfellows or Foresters, lie bejieved that two-thirds.of tlie.jn.eni.: bera of the m\i Parliament would bo new blood. It was the object of the Knights of Labor wheu several. can-' didates came forward to pick the one most fitted to represent them nnd rotum, him,; although eachmcniber was not bound.'by the majority, but was ,at: ' full liberty to use his own .discretion as to who he should vote for. He believed tkfyhe''Knight'stoo going to be tho largest organisation : .in Hbo world, He contended that all things should be eqnnl.and that woincn'should receive tho same amount of pay as men. In speaking,of the strike he stated that Mr Millar intended making an alteration in. tho Unions to, the extent that if a man could not pay the entrance feehoshould be admitted free, The usual vote, of, thanks ;'to the chair and the speaker closed the meeting.
About twenty persons remained in the hall at tho close iwd wore enrolled as members of (ho Eketalimia branch of. the Knights of Labor.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3037, 13 October 1890, Page 2
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342KNIGHTS OF LABOR. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3037, 13 October 1890, Page 2
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