STOCKTON NOTES

Grey River Argus, 3 May 1934, Page 7

STOCKTON NOTES

(Our Own Correspondent.) In a pigeon race from Westport on Saturday, the entries of Mr. W. Oliver and Mr. A. Harris, obtained first and second prizes respectively. The mine will be working this week A very slight improvement in the time worked al the varous mines is in evidence. Messrs Brown and McCabe are stalling work for the West port Stockton Coal Coy again. They gave gobi mining a trial for approximately eight months, but the returns were not encouraging. Mrs. and Miss Slack arrived in Stockton on Saturday night after an absence of several months (n Christchurch. Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Lavery returned from Christchurch on Saturday. Miss J. Sanders of Hector, was a visitor to Stockton on Sunday A Central Miners’ Committee meeting was held in Westport on Saturday. Mr. T. Whittle took the chair in the absence of Mr. J. Bennett (who is in the Christchurch Hospital undergoing an operation). Various matters of importance were dealt, with, particularly some aspects of the definition of pillars, minimum wage and wet time. The National Council is meeting in Wellington to which one o< the questions of outstanding importance was referred. A meeting of the Women’s Institute was held in the Union Office on Thursday night, Mrs. L. Baas presiding. Mrs. 11. Turnbull won the prize for making something ‘‘new” from something old. In future the Institute will hold monthly meetings, ami an invitation to all the ladies in Stockton is extended by the Branch. The Stockton Picture Coy screened “The City of Song” Io a splendid house on Wednesday night. Tim picture had been well advertised as one of outstanding worth. A meeting of the Stockton Rugbv Club was hold on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. IT. L. Evans gave a report of the business transacted at the annual meeting of the Buller Rugby Union, hold in Westport on April 14th. The delegates’ report was adopted as satisfactory. A discussion was brought forward re players and the selectors. It was finally resolved to allow the committee Io pick the team in the future. Mr. J. Mcßean resigned from the chairmanship. Mr. 11. C. Evans was appointed in his stead, and also to act ns trustee.

Stockton Rugbx juniors were at home to Millerton Rangers o n Saturday. Mr. D. Rees had charge of the whistle. The game, taken all through, was not up to standard. The weather was good and a much better exhibition should have been given To find the right man to work the scrum

is giving Hie selectors some trouble. The half back position is a key one, and very hard to fill with success. Millerton were late in turning up. and consequently Ihe game started with a number of men missing. This fact of teams turning out late was discussed at the Buller Rugby Union a week or two ago, and one team was fined. Punctuality should be the motto, both for visiting and home teams. Stockton ran out winners by eight points to nil. W. Miller crossed with a try and A. Chippendale kicked a penalty goal. The Ngakawau seniors met Mokihinui at Ngakawau on Sunday. The game was very patchy. Ngakawajp scored twelve points to Mokihinu s three.

Ngakawau juniors were also successful in their game on Saturday. There have been suggestions put forward by the various organisations in the mining industry for more effective and workable machinery in the various districts. The present preamble tn the Minors’ National constitution is thoroughly scientific. What more is needed then? Just an educational campaign in all the mining camps, with some expenditure by every Union economic classes inaugurated with a view of driving this one fact home to every member of the Union. Classconsciousness is the first step towards the abolition of the class struggle. The class war is with us always. Knowledge is power. It will abolish classes and tlie class struggle. There is no identity of interest between the capitalist employer and the worker. How many realize the truth of the

struggle for the surplus? Capitalism can never offer better times. It starves the creators of all the useful things of life. Lt turns the machinery of the world into scrap iron. It has brought civilization to ruin. In the society of the future there will no lon gar be persons to be governed, but things to be administered.