The Biggest Sweater in New Zealand.
"The Railway Department was run oil tlie most liide- i bound Tory gvstem lie knew.of—it was tlie worst lu New Zea- \ land. Tlic red-tare methods and annoyances would not be ; • tolerated were tlie" lines privately owned. Tlie increased rates , of• a day. to an unmarried.man and Bs. bd. to tlie S : married—were unfair,. A married man might only nave a wife 'to maintain, an unmarried man-tlie stay; of a . widowed , iiei'cl£ldren. The. Railway Department-was tlie ; \ iibio'Rest sweater'in Eew Zealand.; He tound that.men were x >'- ; bei£* paid-Ys. Gd.' a day on tlie Kuakura Swamp, while private. \ >af?e/rtin to/Os.. and 10s, Tlia State as an. employer should. < i pay thfe standard wage and be subject to award conditions. . (Applaust.); ' ■. ■' J ..' The above,is an extract from.the speech of a Government j : fesiiisp6rter/'iliv;-Greenslixde',''delivered_only a few days ago. \ ,Greenslade,- : like • > Sdo(iil'eiyfsuppor.ts theiWard Administration. When thc-eleo- « rduiid; many' of hia fellow Ministerialists, «j ; ?fto»6fore Kjs 'constituents as aivery/ihdependent and Out- « 'r spokfen member:. Yet during the. past, three tnese mem- > bers have consistently done their best to keep in olnce the, .., Government; jiwhich one of. their PUniber- tiow .idescribes as,. , i;.''th.e.biffges^'sweater,'iti-'-Ne'vy Zealand'. . What have the ra ""., J 'l-^Way.'fand l 'othei'.l'workers'to. say-to this? -Mr. Greanslade •' meiit .given, above; is .true enough, as they;know, but of what-. , ••' v look back on the actions of the: sup- - porters' of;!the Government? : . v.. 1 . ' '• This.-.ease'is typical of what > electors have to espect when , ; •'• candidates. '' You, cannot hope for \ ■ ant reform dr. dny'betterment of existing condmons . stand as supporters of the Ward.Administration, lhey , - .talk apd/promise, but their actions contradict their words.,. If you honestly desire the cleaning.up in the admint.,-,' «■ V isfetion of the country's affairs which all recognise 18, bo " ba'dl'y needed, yo.ti' should put aside oil other \ ■/■'Wd'wto against .Governniient candidates. It is the only way, , arid it is tlie best' way. ".
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1301, 2 December 1911, Page 16
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308The Biggest Sweater in New Zealand. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1301, 2 December 1911, Page 16
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