ARRIVAL OF TOM MANN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11869, 22 January 1902, Page 5

ARRIVAL OF TOM MANN.

WILL PROBABLY BECOME A POLITICIAN. [BY TELEGRAPH. CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington, Tuesday. Tom Mann, the well-known English labour leader, who intends to .settle in New Zealand, arrived 'in Wellington by the Ruapehu to-day. In reply to an interviewer, Mr. Mann stated that it was very likely that his home would be in Wellington. "I may move about the colony, jind perhaps make short trips to Australia." said he, " but my home will probably 'be in Wellington." It is likely that he will enter into business on his own account, or follow his trade as an engineer. " Will you enter into politics?" asked the interviewer. " Probably," was the reply. "I will not say anything more than that. It is probable: I will not say certainly. Mr. Mann further stated that New Zealand is attracting considerable attention just now at Home. The Imperial spirit which is now. so evident, and the assistance which New Zealand has given to the Mother Country in South Africa, are mainly responsible for this. The labour legislation of New Zealand has likewise brought this country into prominence at Home. " A good deal of attention is being given at Home to what I suppose I may call your experimental legislation," said he. " I wish to study particularly your Industrial _ Conciliation and Arbitration Act. 1 his law has been widely discussed at Home, and it has seemed to us there that there is much thfit is good in it as well as some points which are rather narrow." _ "Are yon here on behalf of the labour bodies of England. '• No," said Mr. Mann, " I have no authority as a delegate from any body. In any investigation I may make I will act simply, as an individual." -