The Oamaru Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1879.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 942, 24 April 1879, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1879.

Tnr. :4s- carpenter* that agreed to work f,-, r (21* a toy in budding the fever ward at Watuiate, and sttirefc frr an extra shtlimg ! per day aster rtw* *»•* sta f t f { w,t . h thc Uric, eamiot f>e e*"« eti « {ner w, "\ <Dr ; humane men. They have, by their avarice, Seated a feeling against thera by which jtftey may f-'Bf mow than they would haver '"-tiiunl even had they succeeded in compelling the County Council to pay their : demand.and have-given- evidence that they jtrtcfc the " mitfc »« human RKidnes*. It if.fiey had been induced to wrk at wages f under the recognised rate, through mtsi representation, there would have- been Uom* wseusti for packing up their Nb and waiting wpon Mk Tennant, bag in hand, 'and demanding an increase in their pay. IRtti we hear that tfieso men were ;«hoiw» front a targe number of applicants if.r tlte foil, (many of whom offered to 'worfctor'lto p*r «l«y> because they are residents of Waln»»to. V>e art credibly informed thai! sonw of them had only ijrort completed work »« whbli tlwy mvv Un.& t«> iwtepf. 10* p«f day, whttsh it i»pp B ar» » «h# rate of wasce9'_ rwiing for IfoiM* eiwp»n«e». Their act ton in en!*fea*orinu* to «*>w»pel tne Council t© pay jthent US'* p«v day taigU hod mme 'to »h# i»pl«»»»n' eonctusion that tttey 'toot edvmtiW of tn» urteney of the 'wvvkupm whfcfv they wer« ensraae.i to 'extort «h* iwtdiwaaJ shitlnvv'. »n« that ; mitf.P hrffa.m!i«jiavf fe* SltturbtMinesff. I* ft Ipusstbte that thtfrte men tmttlii feve- thought o? the mtmhevi* that were o« *i«»li ok' fan«»is»htna» suffering («i»n» fever, in 'ptacw it! adapted; to' promo to the comfmrt or eonvJktismwye <4 palsienll*, mi where 'there was* th«* neatest risk [n( spreattrnif the ifoea**. If these earIpenters had hail an tatore*!! in an under!'taking tirnv they eontd not have aeted in 'a manner more eakrdatodi to htmti tcade to. ttwir eKfiaPitishment. Viewed in ihe : Nijht of their own interest. Meics was a '• that men as .ifood as th«y are: contd be 'jot for JO* per day ;. and we can otdy eonekute ; that, whilst knowing fehi.*. they were tuwourage.t by the tiheratity of the Council tn ; jjivimc thent 2* move per day titan a 'host of other men asked, to. make a still !'further calf on the liberality of their emptoyer*. The work wast delayed becausethe Coiinci-1, objeetinjr to comply with the : extortionate demand of men with whom : they h»«i had a -perfect understanding. lallowed the strikers to go their way, and gave their work to more- fairly-disposed fellow craftsmen ftotn Oainartt and iTimartt. lb «» believed that the »f*tay .that has been occasioned will be com--ipensated Cor by those-who now liave the 'work in hand, and it is to> be hoped that there wilt shortly be- in Waimate a building in which the numerous fever c*<es i-that exist in variou* parts of the town, to i the endangerment of "the health and lives 1 of its mfialiitanfc:-*,. can be treated, and wilt havo tho advantage of every means i that medical scteaea has devised to bring j ,ab«ut their recovery.