MISERABLE QUARREL
MU THOMAS’S VIEWS. By Teleeraph—Press Association—Oopyrf(lx\ (Received July 12, 9 p.m.) LONDON, July 12. Mr J. H. Thomas, MP., organising secretary, Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, addressing the rail-* waymen at Wellingborough, said that they had. not only reached a critical period in the war zone, but yore ap-. preaching a critical period in Homo affairs. There had been a miserablo quarrel between two eminent statesmen. Both had done good work for tbo State, hut neither was so important aa the winning of the war. Mr Thomas declared that the people would make short. Work of anyone, however important, Iffiio considere4 his own personal ambition before the nation’s interest. ■ AN EXAMPLE LOOKEDFOR, (Received July 12, 11.30 p.m.) LONDON, July 12. Mr Thomas said it was senseless to talk to the workers about unity unless those in authority sot the example. He Urged, the workers to continue to give their best, so that it could never be said that the working classes failed in their duties and responsibilities'. -If the men who are paid to run the nation fail in their duty, the time is not distant when the workers will rise in revolt.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9094, 13 July 1915, Page 5
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