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Fix this textAUSTRALASIAN PASTORALISTS' REVIEW.
Fix this textA MONTHLY JOURNAL AND RECORD
Fix this textOf all matters affecting the Pastoral and Landed Interests throughout Australasia.
Fix this textNo. 10.
Fix this textSYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, DECEMBER 15, 1891.
Fix this textYol. I.
Fix this textNOTICE.
Fix this textThe “ Australasian Pastoralists ’ Review ” has been established at
Fix this textthe instance, and with the official support of the Federated Pastoralists’
Fix this textUnions of New South Wales, Victoria, United Queensland, and South
Fix this textAustralia, for the defence of their common interests and the pro-
Fix this textmotion of the pastoral industry.
Fix this textREMINDER.
Fix this textPastorahsts are respectfully reminded that it is greatly to their
Fix this textinterest to have an organ of their own, and that they can do a great
Fix this textdeal to assist and tmprove it by inducing friends to become subscribers,
Fix this textand by writing letters to the Editor upon any topic that they think
Fix this textcan be profitably discussed. It tv as only by the cordial co-operation
Fix this textof all connected xcith the pastoral industry that a useful representa-
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Fix this textSUBSCRIPTIONS.
Fix this textThe terms of subscription are One Pound Steeling per annum,
Fix this textpayable in advance. All orders should be addressed to the Manager,
Fix this texteither at 63 Pitt-street, Sydney, or 473 Collins-street, Melbourne,
Fix this textTABLE OF CONTENTS.
Fix this textThe table of contents and list of advertisements will be found
Fix this texton the preceding page, at the bask of the Union Steamship Com-
Fix this textpany of New Zealand's advertisement. This change of position has
Fix this textbeen necessitated by the increasing length of these tables, which notv
Fix this textrequire greater space than can be given in a single column.
Fix this textUnion Notes.
Fix this textFrom the outset we have taken no hostile attitude to trades
Fix this textunionism, an organisation which we have always cordially
Fix this textadmitted has, when wisely, moderately, and honestly conducted,
Fix this textdone good service to the working classes. We have, however,
Fix this textassailed continuously and fearlessly the rottenness of the new
Fix this texttrades unionism that nowadays finds most vogue in these colonies.
Fix this textThe Amalgamated Shearers’ Union has especially come in for the
Fix this textapplication of the lash, for it may be safely contended that so far
Fix this textas its leadership and management are concerned, there is no greater
Fix this textorganised fraud anywhere to he met with. No body such as the
Fix this textAmalgamated Shearers’ Union can hope to obtain a permanent posi-
Fix this texttion in the community and perform for its members a lasting work of
Fix this textusefulness without adherence to a strict code of honour, not merely
Fix this textto the men who are enrolled under its banner, but to their oppo-
Fix this textnents and to the general public. As we have shown times and
Fix this textagain in the columns of the Review, to each and all of these three
Fix this textsections there have been on the part of the A.S.U. almost con-
Fix this texttinuous breaches of good faith.
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Fix this textIn our November issue we disclosed in our leading article how
Fix this textthe accredited representatives of the A.S.U. came to the Sydney
Fix this textconference in August last under a secret compact that any settle-
Fix this textment arrived at was not to be a permanent one, but merely an expe-
Fix this textdient to gain time. This compact was drawn up in Melbourne
Fix this textshortly prior to the conference, and yet at the close of the sittings
Fix this textin Sydney Mr. Spence had the audacity to express the hope that
Fix this text“the settlement was a final one,” and that “the last of any
Fix this texttroubles had been reached.” As we have written, the compact to
Fix this textrender the conference nugatory was arrived at prior to the conven-
Fix this texttion itself. We shall now show that subsequent to the proceedings,
Fix this textthe A.S.U. leaders, notwithstanding the amicable views they
Fix this textexpressed in Sydney in August last, are silently hut deliberately
Fix this textacting up to the secret compact, and are utilising the present
Fix this textperiod of peace merely to prepare for further trouble. We hold in
Fix this textour hands a letter signed by Mr. David Temple, secretary of the
Fix this textA.S.U., written on the official paper of the organisation, dated
Fix this texttwo months subsequent to the conference, and addressed to a shed
Fix this textrepresentative and official of the A.S.U. In this letter occur the
Fix this textfollowing sentences —“ Scabs are all joining. If we find that
Fix this textany won’t join we can stand out against working with them as soon
Fix this textas xve have strengthened our position .” Here we have written
Fix this textand conclusive proof, if such were needed, that the Sydney
Fix this textproceedings are being treated as a farce by the men who are
Fix this textresponsible for the conduct of the A.S.U. business. We un-
Fix this texthesitatingly say that this line of action is a gross breach of faith,
Fix this textnot merely to the Pastoralists’ Unions, but to the public of
Fix this textAustralia, and more especially to that section of representative
Fix this textmen, including Mr. James Service in Victoria and Sir Henry
Fix this textParkes in New South Wales, who so loudly called upon the
Fix this textpastoralists to enter into an open conference with the labour body.
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Fix this textThe wrong, however, is one that is actually also directed against
Fix this textthe members of the A.S.U. From some interesting correspondence
Fix this textwhich we publish in the Eecord section of the Review, it will be
Fix this textlearned that a member of the General Labourers’ Union, taking
Fix this textgeneral report as his authority, objects to his organisation entering
Fix this textinto further strife with the pastoralists merely on the ground that
Fix this textcertain leaders desire to have “ a further go at the squatters.” The
Fix this textwriter of this letter clearly represents the moderate section of
Fix this textpastoral employes, who are content to work amicably under the
Fix this textfair terms offered, mutually for the benefit of themselves and their
Fix this textemployers. Towards such a follower Mr. Spence does not hesitate
Fix this textto assume an entirely different attitude to that which he takes up
Fix this textwhen addressing the firebrands and mischief-makers among his
Fix this textadherents. In his reply he writes to his correspondent as follows:
Fix this text“ You are wrong in asserting that the officers are rallying for
Fix this textanother fight.” Yet, at the very same time that Mr. Spence wrote
Fix this textthese words, his secretary, Mr. David Temple, deliberately stated,
Fix this textas above shown, to a shed representative corresponding with him,
Fix this textthe intention of the union to fight again the moment that their
Fix this textposition was sufficiently strengthened. A revelation like this
Fix this textshould serve to show men of moderate mind in the A.S.U.
Fix this textorganisation how they are being led by the nose, quite regardless
Fix this textof all truth and honour, for the selfish ends of a few reckless men.
Fix this textThe correspondence discloses some other interesting features of
Fix this textthe situation. From it we see that as the fruit of the exposures
Fix this textmade during the last twelve months in our columns and in the
Fix this textPress generally by the secretaries of the Pastoralists’ Unions of
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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