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Fair Play, Volume I, Issue 26, 1 October 1894, Page 13

‘ It has been said tlmt “ it is a good man who can’t stand a little pushing,” which can be truthfully applied to our politicians. The great art of statesmanship is “ giving way at the right moment,” which is generally when he can not hold out ifny longer. As long as our Trade Unionists arc satisfied with Compulsory Arbitration Acts, Land for Settlement Bills, and other reactionary measures, which raise up a numerous class of small landed proprietors, whoso natural instincts will operate against the liberties of the town proletariat, the Government will not feed them ou anything else. Remember—“ That it is better to bo preyed on by one grand feudal vulture, thun to bo pocked to death by a multitude of sparrow hawks.”

Frederick Dennet, arrested in connection with the recent post office burglary at Hastings, is wollconneetod in the district, and his arrest caused considerable surprise, as it was generally believed that some members of the bad element from Sydney were the guilty ones.