RIGHT TO WORK

Maoriland Worker, Volume 12, Issue 303, 20 December 1922, Page 3

RIGHT TO WORK

A farce-Tragedy

;;•■ acts :•- ;■ • ACT I ;-:,•; .'. Scene: Employment Office .o£ the International Coal, Gas, Steam ,«ancl .Coke; Company, Unlimited. Sup-. ... erintfsadsnt.', of. Labour Turn-Over Funnybone ..at his desk. Enter Sam Coalpounder, ■ whistling and swagr-ger-ng. ::••.-. ~..-.-■ Sup.erin ten clent Funnybone: What ia the hell are you doing in here. Coalgouuder:. I'm. coming after my jOb. ■■.:■ .;. .;;■■ J ::...' ■■ ~ Superintendent Funnyfcone: Your job? Coaliiounder.. Uh-huli. .Sup. Funny-bone: Yvorlnug , here notv? ■ .•■•■•.. Cc&lpoimde.?.:'-. NOi ~Fv.c,.rsj~oone: -Ever "worked here? Co-Alpo:u-C(.lor:' Not -that I know of. Funny bow;: Then what the devil makes you UliVe.it you got a K ; a here? ' Coj&ljjwundef:' The daily papers say I have. S.F.:-Wkai-oaes? ■ Coaiijouiidcr. All of 'em. iS.P.: He don't see the joke ha ha! they say arxusi this job o£ yours? Coalpcuß&ei'-: They say, every- freebOiii New citizen, has a r\ght to work' ■'wtuMiovor be v.r?.Rts to and; for whoever' = he witta to «.ad for whatever \rago lift vants to. 8.F.: That eicatis I hare to glvo you a job? : . CcalpouTicLor: It sure does. Superintendent Fuanylismo (in & .spasm oi-'iikirih): Oh! oh!.on! ha! ha! H.o says I have to give him a Job. Say, ho! ho : ! ho! you Ixslie-TC, ho.! ha! everything t ho! Tzol lie! yon see in lue newspapers? O.U! ho! h<?; ho! Ob! my eyes! ka! ha! ha! says I hay" ■to'give him a Job! Coalpoimdor: I don't-seo t.?ie jcke. S.F.: He don't see the joke ha! ha!* Ita! He's got' ivory <:yol:,aHs In his bono head.' Ha! ha! Iva! Coalpoumler: [Well, if you don't believe the newspapers, hero is a clipping from llciX ! 3.ard, which, says the same thing, S.F. ('wiping : tears from eyes -and end of nose, with left hand while reaching for clipping 'with right !hand). Replacing nose glasses, he reads: '"'Tha Rt. Hon. W. F. Massey: Thcro can be no free New Scalane! c o long n>3 Now iSealarul citfzsns- can hot work where, vrltvn, for whom at w-haterer prieo Vnoy choose. We call this free Kesiiand and as frea Now Kfea'laaU cltizeiss overy. working man has r, "right to work. , " (Funnyiioiif) tkrov/s another flt) Coalpouuder: Well, iiiu't that the truth? S.F.: Sure, he's got. the right to work. Ha. ha! ha! it lie can. find a job. Now get to hell cat of Itera, before I kiU myself Jaugliißg. Coalpoiinder: No, I so<: until I get my job. It says', black on white, I have a right — Sup. Funnyboua: Yes,-you have and you'll get your rifiMs right In the neck if you don't get , out c£ here ia three perits of ; a lamb's tail. (Presses button beneath desk and makes move to take up letter*.} . OGalyouiicle? • . You can't get rd of mc that easy. I'm a New Zealand citizen Pviiti I'm going t o have my eights or kaow the reason why. You can't deny my constitutional ——■■■■- S.F,:' Oh % shut'up ! Coalpoundcr (getting excited): No, I won't. I'll bo damned if I will. I'll call tlio...law pa you; I'll call the police.. iS-F. (turning his head and vinicing at party behind Coalpounder): Save the trouble, the police lire here, "■Officer .Piannigan: ths row? S.F\: This .Mng says I have to give him a Job, or he*U.lia! ha!ha! get tho law on mc. Officer Fiannigan: Croon, Mug. You're cracked. (7>lakes gnab for him.).' Coalpounder (throwing himself in defensive,position): Keep your damned hands off mo. I'm a freebom New Zealand qitizsn, and if I got a right .Crack! Thud! While Superintendent Fuunyboue is having another laughing fit the sound of a police waggon is dying away in the dl3tance. . ACT II ' Scene: Police Court, one day later. Judge Scrakani.i" What's the charge, oiiicer? . '' \ Officer Fiannigan: Disorderly conduct and resisting an ofilcer. •Tutlge Sqaicu'i: How come? Officer Fiannigan: Broke iv employment o/Sce of-International Ccal, Gas, Stem S.nd Coke Company. and demanded a job. Judge Soakum: Damairlccl? Officer Flannigiaa: He sura did-, Judge Soakum: Cracked? Officer Fiannigan: Them's my genlimenls. ' But? your hpi»ojH;» ft* i- --~ _ __. ■

a freeborn New Zealand citizen, I have a right to Avork .when.— ■ Judge Soaltum: That's ' «o. Six uioiitilis. Next. Corli'afn.— Adapfedv ft©» *"*<&■»