THE MISCHIEF-MAKER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14223, 20 November 1909, Page 7

THE MISCHIEF-MAKER.

MR. KETTLE'S REMARKS APPROVED. [BY TELEGRAPH. —TOESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Friday. At a meeting of the Employers' Association to-day a motion was submitted dealing with the remarks recently made by Mr. C. C. Kettle, S.M., in Auckland, and was as follows :— This meeting, representing the employers throughout, the whole of the Dominion, . desires to place on record its high appreciation of the following remark made by Mr. C. C. Kettle, S.M., in Auckland on September 21, in connection with an alleged breach of the hotel employees' award : ' The labourer is worthy of his hire, unity is strength, and workers are entitled to safeguard and maintain their rights by all legitimate means, but the meddling, mischief agitator, who through excess of zeal or under a mistaken sense of duty, foments discontent, and encourages a spirit of hostility and antagonism towards employers, instead of cultivating and,promoting a conciliatory spirit and good feeling between employers and employees, is an enemy of the employees and a curse to the' community.' Further, this-conference considers that Mr. Kettle is entitled to the best thanks of "employers and workers alike for his plain, outspoken, and fearless comment." The motion was carried unanimously.