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NZ Truth, Issue 150, 2 May 1908, Page 4

Legislation for the toilers is 1b« erita of the day. Yankeeland House ©f ftwpc. has passed the Employers Liability ]5iU, and British Parliament is mating .m effort to catch up to Australia and New Zealand m democratic legislation. The Methody young, man is always' a lean, hungry and cadaverous mdi ritual who looks as if a good feed would mak* a man of him. Recently some of the good young chappies ,camped out at Palnwrrfcon North, and between them th»y accon»t»A for four sheep, two pigs, half a bull©**, 120 41b loaves,. 801bs of butter and 7290 cakes and buns, while at breakfast, ti§sides such trifles as porridge and braid . and butter, they accounted for the disappearance of -800 lbs of steak, chop* and sausages. Now, they ought to feel fit. for any sort of sin. Had a hogshead or two of beer been handy there would hay« been, hell to play. Street-corner Socialists are m tv continual state of astonishment that ;• their creed doesn't take on with the muMilu'.le. yet they furnish a solution of the problem themselves. A speaker m Cathedralsquare, Christchurch, announced that when New Zealand adopted Socialist!, casual foreigners who arrived would havo free use of the Dominion's lands iv common with New Zealanders. A speciatoc asked if that remark applied to the brutal Chow, and the lecturer answered, Certainly, the brotherhood Of man would embrace all nations. The . inquisitive byj stander questioned, "Would you allow the Chows to marry white women ".'" "Of course," was the reply, "if the white women want to marry the Chows." The Socialists still wonder why the populace i doesn't rally round the brotherhood banner 4