Wanganui Wants

Maoriland Worker, Volume 5, Issue 178, 1 July 1914, Page 2

Wanganui Wants

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. During the past.week-end- the rebels of Wanganui, have been favoured with a call from Organiser Parry. The elements were against us on Saturday night, but we were rewarded with a good meeting on .Sunday. Comrade. Parry took for his subject, •/The Aims and Objects of Social Democracy," ■•iid for upwards, of an hour and a-half-his discourse \Vas,listened to by one of the most attentive audiences that it line ever been my lot to witu'ess, and 1 have been in many, centres- up and down New Zealand. Wongamii,'-with other-, places along the line, have. been neglected .in tlie past. Ye'; the most apathetic individual could-not fail to realise the, change of public opinion towards,our speakers from What- it was three-.yeai's. ago.-No,w ■■wo-MMMt cuter for that public vipinioti. Thai/s within- our gwvjp,..for,,w]ipn. a notorious agitator-is allowed to'speak for one and a-half hours without interruption, it goes by the board that the people are anxious to learn another way out of the turmoil, and are not going to be deluded much longer by the nostrums and elastic promises of. the Tory and Liberal Parties. . When question time*-came, tho query that was heard from a 11.... sides -.was, •"■When, will you. speak, again?" .Comrade. Parry could not.treat that question lightly, so' replied... .to the effect that he would.speak:again on Monday night. We were with a fair muster; though :■ somewhat' .reduced through being asked by the police to speak elsewhere than the. Rutland' Corner, .which, had...been;.decided on. The ■subject- wes .".The Birth ~pnd •of' Trade UcionisW. injTie Ojd Land • a th&;Cplo.ni.ef'',V.. t i t■ jivjis\ listened, to ■ attentiveiy;,,tho.'lecturer )ia\*ipj_olily;tq spar : with one. intcrjector, who wanted, to know whpt-ihe...remedy for high price of meat was • this person evaporated when questions, were, called for. To a large section of the workers here, unionism alive and unadulterated, is urgently called for. 1 have no doubts for the results of Comrade Parry's meetings here.- Treating on Unionism as it is iv many parts of N.Z. to-day,brought from the; audience a protest against the Square Deal tactics in their attempt to crush unionism in God's Own. * At the conclusior. of both addresses, resolutions were carried without dissent, against the imprisonment of Comrade Holland and other strike prisoners, and calling for their immediate release. Collections were takeri tip at both, meetings., 'and'met with good-response. I would like to remind local comiades that more Concerted 'action :o.n their behalf : will prove beneficial for future' speakers, "and that all-important factor for our : meetings—literaturemust be brought-in to the Limelight, Literature 1 at these meetings is often" the'mean's'of clinching many arguments for days after the meetings;' -•.