THE NEW ZEALAND LABOUR PARTY.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13905, 2 December 1910, Page 3

THE NEW ZEALAND LABOUR PARTY.

tO THE EDITOR OF "THE FIOSS." Sir, —I desire to warn the workers, of this country that there is at the present time an attempt being made to "Shanghai" them and hand them over to tho present Government. In July last, tho Trades Council Conference, which natin Auckland, drafted a constitution and policy for a New Zealand Labour Party. Clause 5 of tho constitution provides that any person in New Zealand willing to do so, can join tho Labour Party. Clause 7of the constitution says that any sitting member of Parliament who joins tho party shall bo the selected Labour candidate. The workers will at once see how cunningly this constitution has been framed for the purpose of trapping them. They will also see that if they allow themselves to be led into a trap of this kind how easy it will he to shackle and gag them and hand them over to our enemies. This is the constitution that Mr Whiting and Mr Hunter engineered through the Canterbury Trades and Labour Council, and they quarrelled with mc because I refused to assist them to ram it down the throats of the workers of this country. I believe the members of a Labour Party should bo free and unfettered to formulate a constitution and policy for their own party, and I enrolled a large number of members and formed several branches of the party on that understanding, and I am not prepared to break faith with the, members I have enrolled for the sake of place hunters. There will he an opportunity given in the near future to these who desire to form a clean Labour Party in this country. My advice to such a Labour Party- is to have nothing to do with the Liberal members. If they Were anxious to cub adrift from the present Government and form a Labour Party, they have had plenty of opportunities to do so If they are no gcod as Liberal members, changing their name to Labour, would make them no better.—Yours, etc., . > H. A. CAMPBELL, Labour Organiser.

THE CATHEDRAL. TO THE EDI-OB OT "THE PRESS." Sir, —As a visitor from England to Christchurch, I havo been greatly interested in your Cathedral, tho general design of -which is in ©very way -well worthy of your beautiful city, and is a fine" memorial of the enterprise and public spirit of its citizens. On examining the interior, however, I was extremely sorry to see that the lower part of the walls on the north side of the nave was being filled in with geometric tiling of rather commonplaco design, which is utterly lacking in dignity, and greatly detracts from tne beauty and impressiveness of the structure.* Knowing tho work of the iat© Sir Gilbert Scott, which always reflected the best traditions and spirit of Gothic architecture. 1 cannot for a moment think that this feature formed part of his original design. .The a reading on the south side of the nave is quite good, ft lends dignity to that elevation, and stands out- in strong contrast to the treatment of tho walls on the opposite side. I cannot but regret that such an unsatisfactory scheme of decoration sbould have been permitted. Yours, etc., JTT>