MILLERTON NOTES

Grey River Argus, 26 June 1925, Page 7

MILLERTON NOTES

(Our own Correspondent). Last week there were several union meetings at which the minimum was under discussion. Jt has been a live issue for some tim“, but the company had shown no ■ - » until the men ranie to a. decision to take action. B IV ' ing the Company three days to settle this question]. Then came the present dispute through the Company not starting the men who have been looking for employmc’iit T'*r " uite a while. The Company .. .<’ti one fellow who is on he Union list fifth in turn. The men decided that they shall he started in their turn. The management will not give co*ii si deration to the demand of the union. One of our comrades has the idea of holding a meeting each week at which the men should listen to him pointing out little things where he considered the President. Secretary a»nd VicePresident at fault in the matter of I deputatiunising the management, but j 1 I would advise him that unless he cuts short his orations, and makes his suggestions in brief form, there will be nene to roll up and hear him except himself. IL’ declared on one occasion that the Union business accumulated so that men got up and left. This is not correct. Maybe they were sick of I listening to the speaker himself. If he is so eloquent, he should give on his own n< count a few lectures on unionism . (’omiade Ben !>•« vidson (teacher of the ('omniunist gave a lecture in the Union < Bice, his subject being: I ‘ (Tinmun ism It’s Origin, and Primitive Society. The speaker said that (’onimunism was no new thing. He contrasted man and nature, and dealt with the era of savagery, after which he explained the advent of capitalism with its macliin. •Tv and Maus production, the exploita lion of labour with the State as an insi rumen lof oppTessioii. He detailed what ('onimunis.ni is and is not, and elaborated the principles of the sharing process, the destruction of capitalism a»nd the proletariat dictatorship. There are still a few more seats to he filled at the Glass meetings every Thursday night at seven o’clock, to lenrn that <’omniu n ism is the only (liing to show flic workers of the world the dilTcrences between the buyers. ami sellers of labour power. This scribe will be writing notes e\<‘i\' week for the benefit of those who .-ire taki'iig the “Argus.” The readers will be advised id’ the pictures for ihe following week to be screened by the Miners’ Union Pictures, which will be u big help to the patrons. If vou read th e front page of this paper • o,i will ihi’ii see the class of pictures \( ii are going to sei l under the heading . f i Im Opera House. .Ml roads will he leading to Millerton c.i Friday night, 27th inst., when the | local Di uiils’ Lodge are holding their annual ball. All lovers of dancing are in for a treat it they attend this function. Supper is in the hand> of Mrs Beven and Party, which will be a treat itself. Millertun Tennis Olub are making good headway with a small band of willing workers. The secretary (Air S. Moreton) has a working bee in preparing a double tennis court, situated in a cosy ‘‘p oss i l ‘• *' fhvy intend 1" have the courts in full swing At the time id’ writing the Oonqiany are not moving at all regarding the present dispute. 1. cannot give any more details in regard to it, only that the Union wa»nt the men started in their turn, instead of the Company employing whom they wish. Out of the six names Ihat were handed to the Union, tlie Company has started the fifth man, which the miners thi-nk is not right. Have the euchre players asked themselves the question whether it is right to attend to the euchre tournaments twice a week, or attend the pictures where they get real value for their shilling. If the present dispute lasts long they will be wanting free pictures, also da’iices, from the Union. How will fhi' euchre parties give them these free.’ When they have to part with their cash they have taken, they will put the shutters up. The pictures Committee will never say thtat. once they have a leg to stand on. I’nt they have not a le<2 i<> stand on at present, so it is up to the Miners’ Union to attend to the pictures in the future. I ha\e been informed that the serial • ' .Jack Dempsey’ is to be screened ' snortly, and the best of films that are ' on the Nev Zealand market; so give the euchre : walk jiast for a while to enable the viunmittee to get these pic_ • lures. They could not see their way clear to get the “Hunchback of X’otre Dame because the public, are not giving them a cha’iice to procure such pictures, owing to tin 1 high admission pi ice.