The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1890. THE RAILWAY COMMIS SIONERS.

We are pleased to observe that the Railway Commissioners deny the state ment that they intend to " boycott " ;i Napier newspaper by withholding advertisements, because the newspaper m question saw lit to adversely criticise their action m connection with the present labor crisis. When the statement was first made we did not give credence to it, as, though the Commissioners may have committed many errors of judgment since taking charge of the State rail-1 ways, we have always given them credit for a sincere desire to conduct the business of the department on purely business principles. If the rail ways are to pay, railway arrangements must be freely advertised m all news papers, irrespective of what opinions are expressed m tiie leading columns. This being so, it would be sheer mad ness to withhold advertisements from any newspaper having a circulation or importance which would give that publicity which the business of the department requires. The Commis sioners have not been guilty of an act so suicidal, and we are glad of it. In dealing with the railway servants, how ever, the Commissionei's, we are sorry to say, do not seem to be actuated by the same good sense and judgment. The manner m which railway servants are being dismissed and admonished during the present crisis is, to say the least of it,' provocative, and calculated to precipitate a strike, the disastrous results of which would require to be felt to be fully understood. Fortunately the railway servants are, as a body, a set of men who will not aefc rashly or imprudently, and it is because of this fact that a railway strike has not oc curred. The dismissal of the four men at Christchurch—virtually for taking j part m the proceedings of a Union which the Commissioners only a few months previously had consented to recognise—has not mot with public approval, and is admitted, even by those who are inclined to sup port the Commissioners, as an error of judgment which has created a public feeling against the Com missioners, and a corresponding sympathy for the men and their Union. The Commissioners appear to be acting on the belief that a railway strike must occur m New Zealand sooner or later, and that the sooner it comes and goes the better. This opinion has been freely expressed by those who support the Commissioners m their attitude towards the railway servants. The Commissioners and a few others, having settled it entirely to their own satis faction, that a railway strike muM occur sooner or later, think it^ could not occur at a better time than the present, when the grain and wool season is practically over. Of course, if tiie Railway Commissioners are right m their view that a railway strike must occur m the immediate future they are quite justified m forcing the hand of their servants, and pi'ecipi tating a battle when it suits themselves. We think, however, and we are not alone m the opinion, that a, railway strike can and will be averted altogether if judgment and discretion is exercised on both sides. The railway servants, «o far as can be judged, by the utterances of their leaders, have not the remotest desire to strike, but wish to obtain a redress of grievances by peaceable and diplomatic means. The mistake that is being made by the Commissioners and a few others is m taking it for grouted that the railway servants are only postponing a strike until the middle of the grain and wool season, when they will make exorbitant demands, and paralyze trade, unless these demands are granted. We do not believe a word of this. The railway servants must know, unless they are devoid of all sound judgment, that by adopting a course so high-handed they will lose all sympathy and support of the public. Without public sym pathy the cause of the railway servants cannot succeed, and we must give the men credit for realising this. If a railway strike occurs during the present crisis, it will be because the men have been forced into it, owing to the mistaken judgment of the Com missioners ; and we would earnestly urge these gentlemen to refrain from further interference at the present juncture, .and by an unconditional reinstatement of all discharged railway hands, allay what irritation has already been caused. An act such as this on the part of the Commissioners would do more towards deferring a railway strike to an indefinite period than any thing we can think of, and would assist to restore the friendly feelings which should always exist between the Countirisioner.s and their fellow em ployes. It should be the aim of all the staff -from the engine firemen to the chief Commissioner—to work amicably together m order to make tiie railways a payable property to the colony, and a credit to those m whose charge they have been placed.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A London general omnibus ia supposed to earn £19 a week. There are 80 general holidays throughout the year m Russia. : If the eyes of a Turkish lady are not large enough for beauty, the outer corners of the eyelids are cut to make the proper size. Mr Donaldson, who has become leader of th« Opposition m Queensland, was at one time a miner and explorer m Otago. The death rate from cancer per 1,000,000 has risen from 305 m 180-i to 010 m 1888. The disease strikes hardest at women. The census takings m New York has de veloped the fact that more than sixty langu ages and dialects are spoken m that city. A manufacturer of one of the standard typewriters on the market says that there are 75,000 women who make a living m America by running the machine?. The accounts of a pill-maker who has just died m England show that lie has buen spending £40,000 a year for advertising. His heirs, however, are muling no particular fault with this extravagance, has he leaves an estate valued at £5,000,000 all due to pills ami advertising. All the villages m the province of Valen cia which were first attacked by the cholera were so thoroughly cleansed and disinfected their sewers examined and flushed, and such care taken to stop the spread of the infection directly fresh cases were detected, that th medical men attribute the decrease of th v epidemic to these sanitary measures.

Hawke'rf V>:\y County authorities .m: re solved f,o tikes energetic nifcvuu'uo to i.-ouipel owners of land to clear away branches or trees overhanging roads and hedges en- I croaching on throughfarcs. I A correspondent writes nit.i rcgi.ru to the new gold rush hi New HotiKh Wales: —-■ " Dubbo h 278 miles from Sydney. Tl: ■ route is over the lUiif Xountfun:<, through. Bathurst aud 0.-angc, url the ?i'.-O]j.l-jl;vm.i single fare from Syitne r is JSis tin.'' Miss Olomi-itina do 7<t •., ro;>ra:H> ii t>'- Pavtou's <:!;tr eh j -i 7\V ■• York, ryociv(v.;W) ' a yeav for lv i- :«e:-viees. This is.siud to bu the lii:r!i<;.=r, :-ab»ry ever >nd toji. eli'iir nhs,""' either mAi ierio.v or j'l'npi!. Mi;«>. Jcmu^'i Dutton, Nnprifm of ihv. ."frith Avemtu Haptu* - Ciiurclj, roj'.'.iv<:-i :^i!)!J i\. ;-'u:.ir. I The S!wi'«: Federal Onnieil 3i:i-« decu'tci to expel Mo iuuim fron. tho Republic. I'et'. tions m mvi r of the (.expulsion have been signed by tf us of tn'otttandn of the working people, who ciiiuiot i oh/rate the Mormon doctrine. In several instances thn Mormon , miflsionarie* have boon subjected t'» personal violence. They havo ) e;m making uuiiit.Toiui converts. General f-JraiitVi cabin, brought- from the banks of the Jaunv ;ivcr and pb.uf*! m F.-iir rnoitnt Park, Phils. lel;il m., for pre iervation as a war reiie, i* ;'a»t goiji,^ to d cay. m this cabin Grant i*..«iictL orders for Sherman'.* great march to the sen.. In it the Rebel Commissioners treated for peace, and after •Sherman reached the sen,, under ir.s humble roof Lincoln, Grant, Sheridan, M'jade and Admirial Porter met m conference. •She (very romantic): " Oh, Mr IBlucbloort did you ever experience ;v feeling almost! in describable, when you to be spinning about, whoa the earth wcems too small to hold you, and you feel as though you rrere being wafted, wafted hexvenward/and" He (looking at 3i<;r njaruhingly): "You— you don't mean to say that you know what it is to get—get tipsy? " She : "Sir! " Tho address card? of the Emperor of C-Jor many are itiatisigiUKjied only by taeir great simplicity. Unlike tliose of tin.: German nobility, which are generally adorned with crests and crotvna, they are without any ornament, except iv -plain Gothic le vtcrs, his name, " Williehn, Geriiutn Empevor and. ' King of Pnisai.i." Tlio first' \Vilholm : omitted the " and'- between the two titles. ■ One of our AsWmrton fishing enthusiasts; ! had an evening at the Rangitata on. Friday, i and with a friond limJed eij/hteey Jin.c salmon '< trout weighing fr:mi -ij-lba to 13ill»; eacii. j Mr Nicholas, of Teauika, was also"fishing m i same locality and be landed eightoen iish of "various sizes, his top weight .scaling Mlbr.. The river is swarming with v.'hitobaitand is m good fishing order. One of the fish caught, weighing WH-lbs, v,'iv> on view ;\t Mr W. Zander's, East street, on .Saturday afternoon. The " Atnerieai;. Agrieulturi.it'" v.-ritea :— " The war against biiuior-tvi-ino m tho United •States last year proved very advantageous for New. Zealand flax-gi-owcrs. A large parr of the fifteen thcHisa-iu tons of flax exported from this latter oouutry m 1889 was shipped to the United Sj.;i,te.« .i.ud niaile into cord i:.};c. This sudden inoreawm tlic New Zealand flax I export trade hsw opent; ] tho i-.yos of London, merchants, who are .undous to obtain regular statistical infonnation'in regard to thi'd in dustry." William H. Webb, ;i wealthy Xew Yorker, who laid the fosmdau m of lii;i fortomts m the old days when aliips 'were builL m America, has bought ;*. tract of land on Koruham Heights, on which he intends to establish an academy and home for shipbuilders, where- needy ship-builders can find asylum m their old age and where young men shall be= taught the art and practice of ship-building and marine engineering. Mr Webb has. devoted something over a million of dollars to this institution, which will be the first of the kind m America and the third m tlm world. The As'iburtou Volunteer Rifles held a. church par.vdo yesterday. Ircluding tiuv band some iifty-five of all rank.'. ]nrivil'jiiu usual at tl*e Post Office, whencel, the company tnarciied to ,St. .Stephen's Church. Tin: battalion officers present were .Major l)nugl;is. and Captain and Adjutant A. A. JA)ok..<, and the company officers Captain W. X DjSi'.i.ui, and Lieutenants A. J. Mtiller and, Jv J. Foi»>.s. Rev J']. A. .Soot.t, the iiietmibynt. preached from Luke vn., eleventh ;uv!. following verses, the story of our Lord.- raising from the dead the widow's ton of Nahi. The more particular pa-sa_'c with. which the prjaehcr deilt- v.is Christ* :>.ddrcss to the de;,d youth —li Yonig man, I say unto the?, Arise." Fronn these word-. the rev gentleman preached a. .sermon full of wholesome advice to tin- young men before him, a sermon abundai tly successful m securing the attention of the whole con gregation. After service the company a-gnin fell m and were marched liaci; to the Uoat Office for dismissal. A feature of the parade was the accession to the band of Drum-Major Holland, from a Southern b.vttalion, who made an excellent tanibour-niajor. The Working Men's Political .Association held another meeing oji Saturdaj'- evening, wlien about seventy were present. Mr W. Leggett was chairman, and Mr W. B. Moss interim secretary. Alter some discussion a verbal report of. v":iat had been done by the Provisional Comnittce Mas 3>.ia»f.« by the Cliairman and adopted. The Provisional Committee recommended the immediate for mation of the Association, h'xrmg the sub scription for the present at one shilling per member. This report was adopt ed, and fifty names wero promptly put upon fcie roll. The election of office-bearers was then, proceeded with, resulting as under:—Chairman, Mr James Keir ; Secretary, Mr George Mcßne ; Treasurer, Mr William Leggett; and a Com mittee of fifteen as follows*:—Messrs W. B. Moss, J. Thomas, J, Elliott, J. Maynard, H. Barnes, Tl. Elstou, R. CJulloway, .1. McLean Dunn, C. Littleeott, T. M. Jones, J. Kilgonr, J. O. Brown, S. 13. Nelson, W. Keid, and T. Birch. The discussion of the platform was then resumed, and the""'plank" referring to the maintenance of a frse, secular, and compulsory education vras dropped. A motion to hold a meotiing on Thursday evening next was carried to admit of the attendance of shopkeepers and others whose .Saturday evening duties prevent their attend ance otherwise. Mr T. M* Jones gave notice of motion for Saturday ne*t to add to the platform a plank includ'ng the Permissive Bill. The meeting then juljourned.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

[PJBU PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ; ! file Kaikvurn. Wellington, September 29. j The Kaikoura ru-riped ut Rio de Jaueiul on Friday, all well. The frozen meat is in good condition. A .liin-nllr ltof»h«<r. A telegraph messenger boy at Petone, ] named Burton, has been arrested on a charge of stealing £03, from the post office i safe this morning. He took the money I in the absence of the Postmaster, and j tried to ride off on a horse, but was ! detected. A Wife I>es<»rt< kr Vtrwug-lit ««» Hook. Oamauu, fSeptembei 1 2!>. At the II.M. Court to-day Andrew Ingram was with wife desertion in January last. He was remanded to the Supreme Court Sessions at Timaru next week. i Accused was extradited, fryin New (South ■ Wales, '

The Effects of Strikes.

It would be a hard ta.sk (says an ex change) for an expert statistician to sum up the daily loss m these colonies directly and indirectly caused by the uncertainties and limitations put upon trade, commerce, | and industries by the present labour dis putes. As an example of these may be taken the Broken Hill mines. In these there are fifteen mil lions sterling invested ut the iicceut prices of shares—at least tihuy i-epreKun^ thnt amount —find on th;it, agg'reji.'toe dividends amounting to a quarter of ji million a month havo for .souk! time been paid. Borne of the com panies, may continue to payjlivid'jnds out of iiilver m hsind or* m transit, bub (ill must soon cease to give any return oil the million* invested"; if the shipping difliculty continues. This takes no account of the wages losa to the thousands of men employed at the. mines or hewing ! timber m New Zealand, Tasmania, and Oregon, or coal \t .Newe-iRtL^ Westport, and Swansea for use m the mines or m the KiuelterK. There were 9000 men em ployed nt Broken Hill alone. In fact: the'rts can scarcely bo a definite end to the loss that is taking place m connection with this industry. The railway to connect with the district, depending entirely upon the carriage of timber, coal, coke, etc., and the return freight of ore has been en tirely closed and the men discharged or dratted oil'to other Work.

Agricultural Scraps.

If farmers would plant and raise more small fruits and consume them freely, they would not only enjoy the pleasure of eat ing them, but would need less meat and hnve better health. Families without plenty of fruit will usually pay more to the doctor- and druggist m a year than would pay for all the choice small fruits a larcje family would need. There is a constant outgo of money used m conducting a farm, part of it for labor and m household expenses. Unless there is something to be sold every week, bills will run up, and it will bo hard to balance the account at the end of the year. It is a Wise forethought to diversify farm pur suits at least far enough to provide these smaller expenses without drawing on the main crops. A supply of butter and eggs will often buy the family groceries right through the year. Besides these there should be summer fruits and vegetables, the surplus of Avliat is needed for home use. If farmers marketed more of .such products, city men would have a better idea of the profit of farming than from marketing only green crops. In England, at the famous Rotlmmsted AgriculturalExperimentiny Station, wheat has been grown every year on the same ground for 36 years. A plot which had 14 tons of farmyard manure per acre every year, yielded 35 bushels of wheat per acre for the first 18 years, and 32 bushels for the next 18 years.; Another part, dressed with artificial manure every year, gave 36 bushels of grain for the first 18 years, and 35 bushels for the second 18 years. For 36 years the artificial manure gave an average of 2 bushels of wheat per acre more than did a dressing of 14 tons an acre of rich farmyard manure. The cost of the artificial manure was about £2 an acre. These ex periments were conducted on naturally poor soil.

The Personal Liberty Objection Criticised.

The following is a, portion of an address delivered recently by Dr Mac lean before tlio annual luoetin/; of the jMOinbcTs of the -United Kingdom j Alliance.:— We are told,-too, that this proposal of yours is trenching on the liberty of tiio subject. The liberty of whom, did you say 1 Does not the very word " subject toll you that the gentleman has lifid his liberty trenched upon al i ready ? If he is the subject, wliom is ;he the subject of? Some authority j that restricts and, if needs be, coerces. I Society 'is impossible without restric tions of the liberty of the subject. All society is bound by the restrictions 'of what is called liberty. It is.a piecs ■of tyranny on tlie part of the Mrtii caester Corporation to stick up on the Jamp posts " Please keep to the right." Why must I not walk where I like, as indeed a good many of our friends from Oldharn and the neighboring towns on the Mondays are m the habit lof doing ? For the very plain reason i that if I do I shall be a nuisance to somebody else, and get hustled; and so we agree to keep to the right. Why may I not keep pigs m Portland street, if I choose? Because they would be a nuisance to somebody else. Surely it is a very one-sided kind of liberty, hoAvever, which allows an unrestricted elbow-room to the pro moters of a traffic which is the cause of impoverishment and national dis grace, and which forbids the men— the decent citizens who have to pay for the poverty and the crime that it hatches—to unite together and say v,e will not have this sewer running be fore our door any more. The only question is whether the evil against which such restrictions are invoked is sufficiently grave and pressing to warrant the restrictions we ask for. As to the question, there can be no two opinions here, at all events. This traffic is the cause of and the ally of all crime. There is not a family, I suppose, or scarcly one, m England, but m some of its branches of members can count the victims of it. Like the de stroying angel m Egypt, it scarcely leaves a house where there is not one dead. It breaks the wife's heart, and j condemns the innocent children to child misery and an inheritance of sin. It is the enemy and despair of all men that are trying to work for the eleva tion, of the country. It is the curse of England, and, unchecked, would be its ruin. That fatal reef is crowded from end to end with the gaunt ribs of wrecked crafts that went out goodly and full of promise, and every hour fresh ones are striking on it. It seems j to me that it is the plain duty of all good men and true to lend a helping hand to undermine the black rocks and to blast them out of the course.

Bishop Julius on the Labour Question.

Bishop Julius preached m the Christ church " Cathedral last evening on the present labour question. The Cathe- , dr;il was crowded m every part before tlie ■service began. His Lordship took fov hi.< text part of the. fifteenth versa of Matthew xx : "Is it not lawful for me to do what 1 will-with -iiiiny own," and m the course of an eloquent address ruiid : "I have-; beard those words which I liwo taken as my text. ...They are familiar ,to us m the current speech of our own time. Tho employer of labour put.s this question to-day as the employe: 1 m the text put •ifc : 'May 1 not do-whabl* wiliwith my own ; may I not do a-, I will with my capital ; {nay I not do na I will with my business 1?' The labourer, too, put the .same question, and asked might he not do what he liked with his own—with his skill, with his time, with his strength, with his labour." The question that his Lordship would that night answer was this " May a man do what he wills with his own '(" His hearers would see that he had plunged into the midst of the present strike. Surely no defence was necessary. Some of them, however, would blame him ; some of them would say it was no part of the ministry of the Church. Let the clergy attend to their own concerns. Bub wns it no con cern of his? Should ho, a Bishop of the Church of God, look out upon this strike ' unconcernedly 'I It had been hard enough' for him to hold his tongue hitherto, and should he hold it now 1 He had said nothing because he had nothing to say, and it was only because he had something to say that ho spoke now. What was the Gospel of Christ, if not to bring the principle of Christ down; to its bearing upon the common things of life 1 They were all of them'capitalists,|employers and labourers alike. Money was one man's wealth, brains were another's wealth, mußclcanother'.s,and iskillanohhcr'.f. They all Iwoughttheir capital to thecommon weal. L'jt them put their capitalist, of whatever kind, upon a desert island, with all his capital ; he was a man of wealth, and would give all the wealth he had for a ship to take him away ; for what could all his wealth do there, where there was no market for his goods, and no place for his enterprise or ability ? His capital was worthless. Perhaps the poorer man m such a situation would be not only equal to him, bufc even better off, for he knew how to use his muscle ;-;hut yet he, too, would lose the great worih of his capital, for there was no market for it, no means of getting any advantage from it. In other words, liis capital was only valuable because he lived among men. It that was the principle, the answer to the question of his text was—"l can only do what I please with that which I call my own as conditioned by my social position—my duties and my debts to the men around: me." . . . Did they all believe, how ever, m their responsibilities'? For every ninety or ahundred men who asserted their rights, was there one who acknowledged the responsibility of capital '*. When a. capitalist put this question—and he used the . word capitalist m the sense • of em 'ploycr of labor directly ; or'indirectly— what did the capitalist mean by it '. He meant, as he (the Bishop) believed, "I may purchase labor m the cheapest market ; I have a right to manage my business just as I please. If I can get as good a man, or a better, for sixpence, there is no reason 'why' I should p;iy sevenpence. If I can find a woman who can do my work as well as a man, I can take her, and will pay her less, 'because she cannot combine to strike or resist me. If I find'that children can do the work as well as grown up men.,' I have :i right, to employ them, and to pay them s:> niueli less. If I find that it pays me bust to put my work out, then I have a rigiit to do so, and-it is no business of mine to en quire into the conditions of labor under those circumstauces. These aru my rights." He knew that some meant a great deal more than that, and lie would speak quite openly, God .helping him: There were some who meant this much, " I, as a capitalist, have a perfect right to combine, to form syndicates, lings, mono polies if I can ; and, if I choose, to.destroy *s much produce as comes into my hands m order to keep up the market rate, even to throw fish back into the sea, though there may be hundreds of starving, men and women ready to take it, m order that I may keep up the price. I have a perfect right, as a capitalist, to form a bogus Company, and if there are fools to trust me with their money, it is their business not mine, I have a perfect right to trade upon man's ignorance and folly I have a perfect right to adulterate such goods as pass through my hands to. the very ut most point consistent with my . business safety, and if tliere are fjools enough to buy my goods without examination, then it is their business— * Can I not do what I will with iliy own?'" No doubt many an employer present that night would say, "My dear, good Bishop, you are wrong. I am an employer of labour. Do you think I would nob very, much sooner give my men twenty shillings a day rather than ten shillings,; if I could do it? Is it. no I much pleasanter to give a good round sum than a small one 1 Do you think Ido not love my men ? If I could pay them twenty shillings a day or twenty shillings an hour, I would do it with all the pleasure m life ; but how can I?" He believed that this was a question which was sometimes ignored by the opposite side Competition stood m the way, and he would recommend capitalists to federate to obtain fair prices as the labourers were doing. He con demned the practice of buying m the chee'ipest market ; that could be found, irrespective of every other consideration. The working man had the right to com bine and do what he would with his own. Continuing, His Lordship said : "I thank God for the Trades Unionism which has put its foot down on the sweating system —on oppression. lamby no means sure that Unionism can accomplish a per-, manent rise m wages, but I am sure that it had done good work ; but when I have said, '' You have a perfect right to com bine, to go on strike, to put your foot down on starvation wages and sweating, I pray you to remember that your rights have corresponding responsibilities. You have no right to crush the whole, nation for the sake of one clans ; you have no right to injure the country for the sake of advancing the interest of one ; party. You have no right, as far as I can see, to" put pressure on the rights of any other man ; and why should you ? I look upon this present strike, which has gone so far —too far, God knows, too fay—and as I look at it, I can sec how it is changing its character, and must change its character. I fear that it will withdraw capital from a struggling colony, and break down the good and healthy factories where many men are employed. I see, and fear to sbe,' increasing bitterness on either side, a f bitterness that it will take many years to remove. I see, and fear to see, the grow ing misery which strikes must cause^even m a land like this, misery especially amongst women and children. I ask : What is all this going on for ? Is there a man m New Zealand to-day who can say that any good can come out of it ? Surely> it is time that it should be broken down ! Let the two sides combine, as they ought to have done long ago. Let us, m the name of God, have done with such a spirit as this on, one side, and on the other which says : "Let the battle be fought out to the bitter end." Shall men m this day of Christ say that to one another ? Oh, God m Heaven, is tliere no spirit of Christ amongst us to show some why of conciliation, some arbitration which should settle finally and peacefully the present strike? I, a Bishop of the Church—oh, tJiat my voice might; be heard, though b]s

the v(.>:t'M <>f (lie weak man —flay "In God's am:", don't 1c led by f,he nose by woi]> -1,11:11 o: '..'.'linlisl.'j m tii'e neighbouring 1 ' dl.r>,i\ hi;;, make peace amount yoiK-

Labor Questions

[j'Kli i'KRSS AfNOOLVTTOV.J

j\lr,tr.or!i^i:, S>j<f'Mnbov 27. lv\i|'i::-if'-, v\;\C\v n- to wlic-licr n:iy sluMic .-5 a;c ;iv;;il'il)lo from 2\<i\v Ze i hi'irl ii-i. i-li-itcil tiic rciily t!';it ;iny inniiijc: 1 of ii >v !, ilioi\ >,i 1.1. "ire iifK'nirj;. LcNi'oN, KiptuubiT ~'i. The Sooi'd-ny vi 11-"SnMoi^ find ''"in I!, \"\\.-' I7!ti')u Iws ihiucd ;i ciruubir wnrning 'he JJiviuchc-. to be ( i\l.rp]ijo]y cautious m any action they might tak«, I a,3 the Shipowners' Unions are ap parently trying to proixiote a conflict with a view of completely crushing the : Unions. The circular states tliat it ia expected the largest labour battle ever known will take place within three months, and the various Secretaries are asked to take immediate steps so as to be prepared to meet it. It a^so admits, ths financial weakness of the. IJockevs' Union. Owing to recent strikes the South ampton employers: are organising a Free Labor Association. ' ' The tobacco hands at Victoria Bocks who refused to work because one of their number declined to contribute more than one, shilling .a .week, m aid of the Australian strikers have re turned to work. • Sydnßy:,-September 28, ' At a meeting, of 'those 1 on strike and sympathisers to-day, the action of the. employers was condemned m not liic cepting the offer of the labor party to refer the whole matter to a Con ference. ; Bbisbanb, September 281 The result of the telegraphic negotift tions between the Employers' Unions of different- colonies is. that they have agreed to hold a Pan-Australian "Con ference with Labor Unions on the basis of freedom of contract, retention of non-union labor, and non-affiliation of the Maritime Officers Association with the labor party.

AFFAIRS AT LYTTELTON

Mr Millar addressed a mass.meeting of tho Wharf Laborers' Union and other Unionists a,t the Oddfellows' Hall, Lyt . telton,, on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Mr Millar stated that he "had excluded the representatives of the "Press" and ''Lyttelton Times," as he considered that, m view of the approaching conference; ; at Wellington, it was not politic to show their hand. ,  There was quite a denionstrati»n on Saturday nisrht when the s.s. Te AiSau took her depfirture for Wellington. The wharf was crowded with Unionists, who went down to see the departure of ■their delegates to the conference. A band was iri attendance. CJroans were given for the non-Unionintrt. The working of the ships and steamers m port was'being'carried on as usual on Saturday. The Cooks and Stewards' Association of Victoria will not recognise the cooks and stewards now out on strike m New Zea land, who are members of this Associa-: ti:m. They aver that tho strike was illegal as thuiv members were not feder ated with tho Maritime Council.

Auckland, September 28. The 3110:1 recently discharged by the Auckland Tra.ni way Company have decided to accept the offer of the Company to employ them again on the condition that they become members of the Union formed by the tramway employees. Wktvuxgton, September 27. At a meeting of the Typographical Society last night a resolution expressing confidence m the Maritime Council and Trnde and Labor Council was'carried. The labor party held a demonstration yesterday afternoon. Light drizzling rain fell, which kept a large number away. About 800 marched m procession, headed by two bands, and with banners flying. A number of expresses followed, and the seamen, had a trolly on which was placed a boat. The procession started from the southern reclaimed land about 2.80 p.m., and as it marched along Custom House quay (towards Thorndon), where the shipping offices are situated, a'good deal of hooting and groaning was indulged m, which was replied to by several vessels at the wharf blowing their whistles. The procession proceeded by way of Featherston sstreet to' Treasury buildings, whence theyi re traced their steps by way of Lambton quay. As each of the newspaper offices was passed there was further 'hooting* las also some of the hotels who had not sub scribed, to the strike fund. The pro fession, after reaching Vivian street, re turned to the starting point, where the effigy of " free labor " w;as burnt. There was no disturbance of any kind; and the, proceedings all through were of an orderly character. In the evening the labour party gave a concert m aid of the Strike fund, which was fairly well attended. The boiler makers have decided t^hat> any member; can work for the Union Company; Oamartt, September 28. At a meeting of the Qamaru Farmers' and Employers' Club held on Saturday it was decided nob to send a'delegate to the ! Conference at Wellington unless the Unions admitted, the right of free labor being employ ad as well as Union labor. Gheymouth, September 27. The charge against Fisher for destruc tion of property wns dismissed, as there was no evidence. The costs to the Com pany is £4155. . . , " DttNEnm, September 27. 1 Several additional officer.l* have joined the Union Company. Waitahuna has transmitted £20 to the strike fund. ;; "'; , The TaiWera left for Melbourne on Saturday afternoon after taking m a large amount of cargo, rio demonstration of any kind taking place. Every effort was made to induce her, officers to come out. but they stuck to the ship, as did most of the cooks and.'Stewards. The.Ohau was taken out of the graving dock, and brought to Dunedin. She leaves to-night. The Beautiful Star, after being laid up since the commencement of the strike, is once more to be put m commission, and resumes her running between Dunedin, Lyttelton, and way ports to-morrow. A large number of strikers have left town to look for work m the country. , The following telegram has been sent to the Premier by the Employers' Associa tion :—" The Employers' Association of Dunedin regret that they do not see their way to send delegates to' Wellington so long as the boycott rjemains m force and the principle of working with non-union labor is denied by Unionists. When these evils are removed and the demands of the Unions formulated, the Association will consider the propriety of sending dele gates to attend a conference at Welling ton."

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(Received Sept. 29, 10.30 a.m.) Sydney, September 29, It is anticipated the pastoralfets will sue shearers for .damages on the ground that their refusal to work is a breach of agreement, j

MFLBoniXE, September 29. ('(.l. Pii'-c explains th.'t his ordor to t '; ni'Mi (o "tire low" if siecessity .■'■■i'i> i,iiM..]y mtviiit Hint they were to OM(l";ivor to disil'lo, and not to kill. '! i -' iiuvnnd.uit ]uv-> censured him.

Wi;i,Lf:«iTox, September ?M. the present, week the Railway i 1o\!r ii?>M'>iKM\s Vi ill lij'-ismu regular '.".■■•'ie<S Oil 1)1'>I-L ,VUilh>;;i j'UOi, tlilflic ii v •;",• <;,•',■'lunlly iinpvvi'd umll it i; little b"]ii\v tilts vnliimti iHifor.) vie !,{.:i'.co evnnnonw-1. The lv.p-.Hevi <>-i tho ">'ellin^on liv.-i i'; ;'y > i'lc-'a-sLng to ■jn-.'uy an ourly vevjuujtir.i i)f ■' full w.r vi ". Tlk' Wir.v t-'ivlllo iuVI Ny w" Zi'iiiaud Shipping C'lUijcmy rcfu.s-; <,v Ivj i-"j»re s'.'iifcd at tl:o Labor Conference. Wel i linyton Employers also decline. In a ' letter to the Premier they say they .cannot agrecto it discussion by any con ference of their right to em ploy free labor, but as soon as thisintcntionis'abandoned, and also boycotting and other practices, they may take part m a conference. 1 Informations has been laid against two men i'or assaulting mori-Cnioniats on Saturday. , . iI^VEUCABGiLi,, September 29. The Gov(3 farmers Club- has passed n resolution strongly endorsing the action of the Railway Commissioners m the Labor .crisis.' , 

The Labor Question in Parliament.

Following is the." Hansard," report of Major Steward's Speech, on the 15th inst,, m support of M^ Perceval'siuption recom mending the Govemtafenfc fcb convene a conference of representatives of Em ployers' Associations! and Labour Uniona with, a view, to,the amicable adjustment of the present difficulty,,: -,-• ; ; f y , Major Steward—l have taken scarcely any part previously m these debates, but I cannot do other jkhan express, by very great pleasure that the.Gpyeniiiient have cordially accepted ; the, proposal of the honorablemember fop Christchurch South. I look upon it?as- the first streak of sun shine bursting through the clouds, and, though one may not be too;.sangiune, still I do venture to .think thai the comtnon , sense of both parties will leact, them to .see that this is a way of,;retreat from au unfortunate position which ifc is very desirable should: be. taken advantage of. ;Every one has admired the loyalty to principle the members of the. Unions liave show, m, having, at great sacrifice gone out at the call of the leaders of their organisation ; but I think that the men themselves, as well as this House, will by 1 this time "have come toHhe conclusion that there have been t mistakes m the matter, thai the time chosen was inoppor tune, and that it is very undesirable that, except iof tome grave cause arising Within the; Colony itself, woik m the Colony should be stopped. - 'It seems to me tliat ' exceedingly good temper has been shown -on'both sides during the present struggle. , It reflects great credit on thei men 'that siieK gqbdjoixter has been kept under the circumstances, and it may be said tlyft the hten who are united m the XJniqns of Kew JJef^land.are men of whom any .country [miglitb'o^proud, and the manner m which they f have,conducted themselves, generally, speaking,, is such that we may congratulate them and our selves upon. I think there |ia,s been one mistake 'made by the Railway Commis sioners, and it was this : That m the dis pute between themselves and the four men who were discharged thdy should have given the /men -reasonable time to consider the matter. ■ Ten minutes was not a sufficient time. That was a fake step on the "parh :of the Commissioners. It was a false step because it would have been better if the'men ha*l^ h%en given until the following day. Well^ Sir, I have said that the tiihe was an exceed ingly inopportune one for this struggle to come upon this country—inopportune for the reason' that, even if there were griev ances which required to He adjusted, ifc is to be regre!tted that an attempt should be made to adjust those grievances at such a time as this, especially at a time when, if New Zealand had stood 'oufy that is to say had we escaped involvement m the labor troubles, we should have reapedjenormous commercial advantages-"because i>f the dis organisation of trade hi Australia, and also a large future advantage m the fact that people m the pld Country, and even m the other colonies who saw these troubles around them might have been look ing out" for some place to go where those troubles would not arise. Had New Zealand been m that position I think many would have come here who will be prevented coming by these unhappy cir cumstance for some time to come. I think it is desirable on that and on every other ground,, that the Government should lose no time m acting upon' the Resolution, whichsl.think rthis Hous,e wilt 1 .pass un animously.', IrTiad! the pleasure of listen ing to the very happy speech delivered by the .honorable member for -Newton % few eveniugs ago./,T^iailionpralble gentle man bore testimony to the value of labor .organisation^, but,.ajb^the. ...satne time, ha gave them sound advice as to the directions m which the regulations of these labor organisations ne.edefl jto be amended. He pointed, out that theentrance fee was so large as to prevent many men from joining the,unions, and also that the v yule pre venting union men from working along side non-uniqnists should be. .abrogated. I think,' if men were left to act as free laborers just the same as members of unions we should never m the future have such a difficulty arise as now eaists ; and I hope when this Conference takes place, as I trust it soon will, one of the deter minations come to will be this : that m the future men shall not be called out m New Zealand m an any branch of industry ex cept for some grievance arising within New Zealand, itself. In that case mem bors of unibnVin New Zerl»nd will be far better able to help members of labor or ganisations' elsewljierer-rjeic, n\hilo nihUjifr, —instead of being unable to help tluar fellowrlaborers elsewhere because them; selves but of work and needing help. I hope the unions will bring down the entrance-fees so as to embrace all laborera m. these s unions,  Many gopd men are prevented from joining by high entrance fees. And I think that the rule prevent ing union men from working with men who are; not members of unions should bo abrogated also. In the end I chink it will be desirable that tliei Railway Com missioners and other employers of labor shoiildsay, "We will takebacksihto our em ployment all the men we can take back without breaking' 'the ; engagements we have entered into with the other men." That would be a fait and generous posi tion for them to assume, and I trust that that will be the result.

THE ELECTIONS.

' Sir John Hall announces that he is a candidate for the Ellesinere seat at the forthcoming general election. Mr Lawry, will not oppose the Speaker. Mr W. F. Buckland is standing for the district. , ;., ; ■ •,,« Mr J. Miles Verrall has not quite de cided, to contest the-election for the Ashley district.

' '[pee, ruWsg association J Auckland, September 28. Mr Lawry, will be a candidate for Parnell. An effort is to be made to in duce Mr JVifchy to again come forward for Newton, and a deputation of his sup porters has been appointed to wait on him, Mr Jackson Palmer has decided to stand for Waitemafce. Grkymouth, September 27. The printing of the electoral roll is finished. It contains 2565 names, Un

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