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Otago Witness, Issue 2928, 27 April 1910, Page 3

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

AUCKLAND, April 19

Mr E. Tregear, Secretary for Labour, speaking to a Herald representative last evening, said the outlook for labour in this district seemed to be very good. " I have been of the opinion," said Mr Tregear, " that this coming winter would be a comparatively prosperous one, but the rise in wool and frozen meat has not yet been felt by the distribution of the extra money, so that I am afraid some people will have a struggle this winter. With the coming spring, however, I look forward to a time of almost phenomenal prosperity, both for employers and men." Speaking of the Southdown strike, Mr Tregear said he was very sorry the men had placed themselves in a position which compelled the law to be set in motion, "and the strikers fined. He would regard it as a good thing for the trades unions if they could find some way whereby the married men in the unions could have a weightier vote in the case of a proposal to strike. " I feel certain," added Mr Tregear, " that the small strikes that have taken place in the Dominion within the last four or five years have been inalmost every case precipitated by the more thoughtless members of the union, and that in very many cases married men have' been dragged into striking unwillingly. They have had to suffer as if they were fully responsible for a hasty and unconsidered action."