“A SIN AND A CRIME.”
(T.EIU IYM AX ON PREFERENCE TO UNIONISTS. Melbourne, Oct. 3. Before ilie Prab.ran Brotherhood in the ('ongrcij it ion.'tl <■ hurch in: Sunday. Hie Rev. Henry Gainsfoid delivered an address on “I’referenci to Unionists.” He protested against preference to Unionists, be cause Christ in His work among men showed no preference. Preference to unionists in the hands of the iniudieior.s would become a tyranny instead of a help. It was their proud boast that Britons never would be slaves, but under preference to unionists they would become something worse—mere machines.
The proposal, he said, implied a rijgn of terror. It was a sin and a crime for the Government to penalise one section or the people to bolster up another. Ministers had taken an oath of impartiality, yet they were stirring up class hatred as H had never been aroused before. Preference to unionists as a political device to get votes would fail. It might force many to join unions unv. illingly, but that was no guarantee I’iat they would vote fo rthe tyrants unde i'lhe secrecy of the ballot box. Thev would hurl down the whole fabric of th.e iniquitous scheme. (Ap- _
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 253, 12 October 1911, Page 3
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