TELEGRAMS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 48, 25 August 1911, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

BITTERNESS AFTER A BYELECTION. LABOUR IN THE CHRfSTCHURCH CONTEST. MR. ACLAND THE NEW CITY COUNCILLOR. t«T TEt,EGRA]?M.-S*E<!lAt, TO THE POST.} CHMSTCHURCH, This Day. The presence in the field of two Labour candidates at yesterday's municipal by-election in Christchtuch, led to some plain speakitig when the result of the poll was declared. Mr. R. Hoppy, the Labour Representation Committee's candidate, remarked that it was regrettable that the Labour vote had been split between Mr. Howard and the speaker. It was a great pity that Mr. Howard ever went into the fight— '(applause ahd cries of dissent)— but he was pleased that he had had an opportunity of beating Mr. Howard. (Cheers and groaiie.) It showed that the members of the- Labour Party were not all revolutionary Socialists. (Cheers.) Mr. E. Howard, a revolutionary Socialist, who was put up by the General Labourers' Union, was eery bitter. He said that Labour had nothing to be proud of when it considered the exceedingly small vote given for the Labour candidate; even if the votes for the two working candidate* were coupled there was nothing to be proud of. Friends of the Labour movement had refrained from voting because they were, absolutely disgusted with the movement in this country. All tte big unions were leaving the Trades Councils. Continuing lie said ihtl the Socialists had n<*t been suppressed yet. (Groans.) He agreed, h*w«ver, that the Socialist*' opponents had been able to employ more t*H people at that contest, and by a system of lying statements had managed t» bring about the results announced. H« thanked those who voted against htm as well as those who voted for him. as it shoVed the number in the Central Ward, who had to be converted by the Socialists. He was willing to meet any of the Trade* Council people and prove to them that they were being acid by their own class. (Derisive cheers.) "You don't like that," he added, "but you would have it." (Renewed cheers.) Mr. H. D. Acland, the successful candidate, is a son of the late Hon. J. Acland, of Mount Peel. He was born in New Zealand in 1867, and was educated at Christ's College, Christchurch, and at Christchurch, Oxford. He took his B.A. degree in 1689, And became ft barrister of the Inner Temple. On completing his studies Mr. Acland returned to New Zealand and practised for foul years ac a solicited ifi A*hburtofl, Bttbeeguenfcly entering the legal firm of Wilding, Rollesfcon, and Aclahd, of this city. For the past six years Mr. Acland ha« acted as solicitor to the Ashburton Borough Council, and he was recently elected as a, member of the Board of Governors of Canterbury College. Mr. Acland lia« always taken a keen interest in municipal affairs, 1 and also in matters of an industrial nature. DETAILS OF THE POLLING. (if S«tt«U»~KtSSS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, 24th August. The election of a City Councillor to fill the vacancy in th«- Central Ward representation at the council took place today, the result being:— H. D. Acland (Citizens' Association nominee), 1264 ; Dr, Thacker (Independent), 666; R-. Hoppy (Labour), 629; E. Howard (Advanced Labour and Socialist), 389. LABOUR AnTIOW WAGES. A UNION SECRETARY AND A GOVERNESS. [Sf TBr,EQRAP»— SPECIAL TO THE Fotff.J AUCKLAND, This Day. Another incident connected with the remuneration of labour union secretaries is narrated by the Star's Labour contributor. He says :— "At a meeting of a local union last w«ek it was found tha-t there were only seven financial membere present, all the others having allowed themselves to run into arrears with thair contributions. The collecting is supposed to bedone by Collectors at each place of business, who pay all receipts to the treasurer. The secretary hae nothing to do with money matters, and gete paid at th© rate of 4a per week. Some time ago the collectors resigned, owing to the members refusing to pay up, and the result is that about £7 odd was collected last year instead of £47. At the meeting last Week it was moved that the secretary, being a paid official, should visit each place oi business and collect the contribution*, but no increase of salary was mentioned for the extra duties involved. The motion was not pressed, for the obvious reason that the mover wa« himself wn* financial, and the secretary breathes more freely ones more, and has arrived at the conclusion that he would not starve if he were to lose his position, with it* accompanying emolument*." The same writer &feo states :— "My attention hae bean drawn to an *dyer* tieement appearing in % the column* of a contemporary last week : 'Wanted for the country, a governess to educate five boys up to the Fifth Standard, teach rilnwc, and milk thre* cows ; salary £20 per Rftnum.' I do not know whether the application was classed under the educational or agricultural heading, but from its nature would opine that it would be 'unclassified.' There is no mention in the advertisement of what the poor governess would be expected to do in her spare time, but 1 suppose that would be a matter for arrangement. The salary mentioned runs out. At 7s B£d per week, which is not at all extravagant for God's own country." The following .paragraph is taken from a pence card issued by the Auckland Timber Workers' Union to it* members : " Members are requested to assist the union representative in seeing that all workers become members of the union, and thus shut down on the mean individual who hangs on to the vehicles but sidesteps when, aeked for a trifle to buy oate for the horse." unemployedTn dunedin. [»t TStBGRAfH— ■SPSCIAt. TO THE JOSH.] DUNEDIN, This Day. . The secfetary of the General Lab* ourers' Union (Mr. MacManus) advise* that there are in Dunedin at the present time from fifty to sitty men in urgent need t>f work. A meeting of tin- j employed is to bo held.