THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 247, 17 October 1891, Page 2

THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

RESOLUTIONS OF THE NEWCASTLE ROAD BOARD.

a . y meet in-: of the Newcastle tht r_° ard was held on fcl >e 14th inst., (oh .?._..V Vere P resenb Mea9rs Coi *oy (chairman) Bycroft, McKnight, and Foxall. &ome small works on Shepherd's and Pukete Roads were authorised to be done. A few nHnf U , n _ - W T paasecl fur Payment. A & T-V- C ' rCular of fc he National Association .m-3 > and was then read aild con " S rod ! p f nd - a lengthened/discussion ensued. The Board resolved :- fn*" _< While the P lankß in their P lafc " toim are deserving of consideration, ab the same time it is obvious from what followed, which unveils the cloven hoof, thab the principal object of the Association is not so much in the interests of fair representation as it is to get the people banded together by a side wind bo oust the Ballance Ministry from office, who are providing means for placing struggling families, as well as the young men of Now Zealand, on good land under the perpetual leasehold system, with the prospect of cheap money in the near fubure.

2. That whereas the so-called "National Association " first took its rise in the Australian colonies in the interest of capitalists, mortgage companies, and the squatter class, which have so recently aggravated and carried on such a relentless war against labour, is not of Now Zealand origin, but has been introduced second hand into this colony, apparently with the same sinister object, requires to be viewed with grave apprehension. I. That in view of. the foregoing the Board in of the opinion thab the planks in the platform would be more faithfully attended to and the ends of justice more fairly served by the electors gebting enrolled under the banner of the Knights of Labour or the Anti-Poverty Society, whose duty ib would be to havo all classes fairly represented in the Lower and Upper Houses, particularly in tho latter, until" such time as the tyrannical power it now exercises would be either neutralised or abolished. A House nob responsible to any section of the people for its action should not be entitled to the confidence of any section claiming the rights of free men by fair representation.