Heard and Said.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 21, 28 July 1911, Page 8

Heard and Said.

That Opposition Massey, when taking the chair at an Anti-sosh meeting in Auckland last week, said he believed in the rulo of doing unto others as Aye would have them do to us. That, judging from the policy advocated, one would imagine the Massey crowd to be firm believers in the rule of 'do others, but don't be done 3 r ourself.' That Professor Marshall, of Otago, predicts violent upheavals in the thermal districts of New Zealand in 25 years' time. That he has at least been kind enough to give those living on the simmering surface amplo -warning of the approaching calamity. That Sirjoe cables denying the imputation of his eyes resting lovingly upon the High Commissioncrship job. That the Wanganui movement in favour of State, medical inspection of school children is a very wise step. That the move by tho Chambers of Commerce to inquire into tho price of sugar is just so much "hot air." That Chambers of Commerce and Citizens' Leagues are but organisations established to watch the interests of Fat. That a petition which has been circulated contains several hundred names asking Paddy Webb to contest the Grey seat at the forthcoming elections. That despite tho talk indulged in by Carroll and Massey, the average worker fails to discover any difference between the two policies in so far as same is likely to affect his position. That the political quibbling between the spokesmen of both parties deceives no one but the unintellingent. That our lawmakers are making preparations to again take up their abode at the "talkefies" for the coming session. That the Denniston Enginedrivers, Firemen and Brakesmen's Industrial union of Workers 'has cancelled its registration under the C. and A. Act. That the Puponga Coal Miners' "Union has also severed its connection with the tribunal of Sim. That these cancellations are an indication of the spirit. manifest agv.nst arbitration throughout New Zealand. That the slaughter of James Walker by a fall of coal, in G.reon Island adds another to the long list of fatalities in our N.Z. mines. That the best guarantee that the workingclass is right is -when every tool of modern society unites to proclaim it wrong. That Paul, M.L.C., refers to W. D. Haywood's speeches on Industrial Unionism as "bunkum.'' That there are a number of industrial unionists in this country who are prepared to debate the question of Industrial Unionism with Paul. That there arc some so-called Labpr politicians in New Zealand who have made wild statements regarding industrialism, but lack tho courage to defend their utterances .on the public platform. That there -will be a great amount of lip-sorvicc indulged in by members for tho benefit of tho electors in view of the forthcoming elections. That Pat Hally, Conciliation Commissioner, lost his temper with Dan Moriarity, of tho Furniture Trades Union, tho other day. That Moriarity has the courage of his convictions. and refuses to allow even a fellow Hibernian to bully him into agreeing to what he does not want. That a certain Labor paper says thatJ. liobertson, of Palmerston North, who has been selected by the Flaxmillors' Union to contest the Manawatu seat, is not a member of the Labor Party. That the fact of his not being associated with that organisation does not in any way detract from his qualifications as a suitable representative of the working-class. That a scribe in the "Weekly Herald" says the of New Zealand work with scabs. That the only scabs they have to contend -with are of the kidney of the writer of that paragraph. That Worker parents ought to get their children to learn the gem-like ten commandments printed on our front page. That an anti-conscription number will be sent out this month, and now thousands of distributors are asked ror. That Lowell's "The Present Crisis" is a sublime poem as applicable now as when written. That Soott Bennett's article in this issue is one to heed.