Diary - E (4 December 1909 - 17 May 1920) by Josiah Cocking (2025)

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T miARY WRITTEN BY JOSIAH COOKING, Senior, from Jan.lF, 191oW
to -.,._,,. f\‘| _. ....[...]m page“llO of diary dated from Jan.1&8% ldd7 to may 1fi93g

____’_U____ ..~»...,.1p.. ...[...]Thomas Carlyle.

Mar. 1901. Speculations On Humanity. by J.B.H. 57 pages.

F. Ap. 1901. Whether Is Pr[...]1. Out Of The Hurley Burley. 398 p by Max Adelar.
May 1901. “Richard‘ Bruce. 313 p by C.M.She1don.
May 4,‘19012 A Temperance Reading Book. 149 D by J.[...]Aug. 19012Lectures On Heroes. Ghartism. Past & Present. Carlyle;
Sep. 8. 1901. The House We Live In.218[...]by E
R.Chambers.286 pages. efi
Dec. 12, 1901. Britais's Social State. 252 p by David Lewis. "
Dec. 1[...]to max: use ‘ 4%
The Magic Lantern : How to use It.by A Mere Phantonifif
$ESep.1898.The Iublic Spea[...]The History Of the Steam Hammer. by Rowlandson. 3
May 1é98. Draft Constitution Bill (Australian )1898. . [E

Feb. 5, 1899.[...]5. 1899. The Bishop & the motor.

Eeb.5.1899- Political Wives. by a Fantastical Fellow.

Eeb. 6, 1899[...]liam Denton.

Eeb. 11, 1899. Speculations On Humanity. by J.B.H{

Eeb- 2 9 1899..Mind, Body,_&[...]

Nov. 19088 Miss Lou. by Rev.[...]f Morley's
Universal Library & containing "Areopagitica",
by John Milton, 1é44. .

‘Killing No Murd[...]Allen or Colonel
5axeby,1657.

The Shortest Way With The Dissenters. by Daniel Defoe 1702.

The Crisis, by Richar[...]ts fiespecting

Napoleon Buona parte, by Richard Whately, 1819. Advice To a

Young Reviewer, by Dr. Cop[...]Ste-

vens,l0th Mar. 1886. 4

July 17, 1906, Spiritualism In Harmony With Reason And Prim-

itive Christianity. by W. J. Colville.
Sep. 27, 1906. spiritualism: What Is It? What Does It Teach ?:
-What Is It Doing ?
Sep. 27,l90$6. Uncle Tom's Cabin. 326 p by H.Beecher Stowe.
Nov. 19, l906.Representative Men.-—Cliye, Hastings, Holland etc.
by Lo[...]1907. Face and Phisique. by fiinsdale Stocker.

May 4 1907. Electrical Apparatus Simply Explained.

May 25, 1907. Small Electrical Measuring Instruments.[...], 8. Exgxaimaxmficnumhexxtmxsarnaizne 6 grains of number
40 carmine, and 5 grains of number 6 or 8 carmine also; fill
up with soft water, & it is soon ready for use.

@ 4. BLUE INK. Take sulphate of indigo & put it into water

until you et the d ired d th f 1 : th t '1 ‘
little bot les for iiueing % oth%s 3% %he a£%[...]

teaspoonful of water of ammonia. In 2 % teaspoonflls Of TaiH~Wa1

ter[...]ace the vial containing the mixture in a basin of
water & boil for several minutes or until a black compound is the
result. When cold it is ready for use. Have the linen or other .
goods starched and ironed & perfectly dry; then write with a qui:
pen. If twice the amount is made at a time it will not cost any
more, as the expense is only from the trouble cg weighing so
little of the materials to be used. Soft soap & boiling cannot
efface it, nor years of wear. Use only glass vessels."

5[...]have read:-

Feb.l909 .Retouching. Dec. 1908. Delmayne's Adventures.
1909. History Of Australia. 246 p by Arthur W.Jose.
1908. The Young Huguenots. 382 p by Edith s. Floyer.
Feb.22, 1909. David Livingstone. 306[...]International Socialist Review." Dec.4, 1909.
In days to come the present strike of the Northern, southern, &
Western coal[...]Strike of Nine-
: teen Nine." In several respects it surpasses all previous -
strikes on the Australian continent. Not on account of its dramati
c suddenness, for the strike of 1907 was also sudden; not in
the size & number of the miners‘ grievances, for there were many
big troubles to be settled at that time als o.V But it surpasses s
all previously-recorded strikes inasm[...]ree mining
districts—— Newcastle (including Maitland ), the South and the
West—— are all out together; & besides these the seamen & watersi
de workers are either on strike or only waiting for the word to
stop like Grandfather's clock,[...]y
=‘ important & significant respect—— that it is being conducted by
a_class-conscious,uncomprom[...]et that for a time has damped the
I
I

fire of militant fellow-feeling kindled by Bowlin
. .n . , _ _ g & the otherr
§g%é%:%§g8&%rfi;¥_Un1§gi its §n the minds oi the seam en & other
~ -[...]

Peter Bowling is not the only one who is astounded at the spec.
tacle of a united mass of miners, engine—drivers, cranemen etc-[...]miable, cultured ex-
warrior & GENTLEman, was not what he was cracked up to be.

Mr. Learmonth has taken off the mask of oily affability that
deceived even the astute O.E.F. president,[...]rs were
fooled by the plausible falsehood that arbitration was the onl
y real & lasting cure for their numerous grievances.

The Labor Party & the day—1ie press told them that if they co-
uld get a Special Court established to deal with mining troubl~
es they could safely go back to w[...]d their mouths
& shut their eyes,so to speak, & waited for what Judge Haydon
would send them. And when the long-expected "settlement" came
lt smacked of quassia-chips & bitter aloes. It was a reduction
which the proprietors had not eve[...]the hopelessly stupid ones
of the notion that arbitration in any form can settle the end-
less disput[...].

After Dave Watkins ( the labor member who represents the wor-
kers in the refreshment room or somewh[...]liament) had come back from his tour arm in arm with the Gov—

ernor~General in the Northern Territory, he said that "the
‘main question now[...]

of mines & other sources of wealt[...]22, 1893. Caesar's Column. by Ignatius Donnelly.

May 14, 1893-Humourous Scotch Readings.

May 28,1693.Labour Movement in America.by E.& M. Aveling.

June 12, 1895, Political Essays. by Uharles Bradlaugh.

June 20, 1693.[...]e Fabian Essays On Socialism .

Jan. l894.Drink, Drunkenness,& theDrink Traffic. by D.Burns.
Jan. 1894.[...]J. Hockin .
g9. 18 4. §§ ctrotype Manipulation. May 1864. Mineralogy.

u I’

9 g, . Plain re[...]

Oct. 1890. Common Sense. by Thomas Paine.

Oct. 189b. A sermon From Sha[...]9. l89o. She. By Rider Haggard.

Dec. 189b. Under sentence Of Death. by Victor Hugo. ‘

Mar. 1897. Lo[...]ea Unionism New & Old.by howel1,M.P.
Feb.23,1902. Water4Weeds & Sunbeams. by Mrs. O.Brent.

Ap. 23. 1902. The Throne Of David. by J.H.Ingraham.

May 4, 1902.Everybody's Guide To Carpentry. by J. Black.

May 12, 1902. Facts About The Transvaal. by Arthur Griffiths. ‘
Aug. 1902. The Life Of Saint Paul.[...]

to a little book which he held in his hand—- he did not ven-
ture to say he held it in his head, which is the best place
carry that little book. He waxed warm with "righteous" indig-
nation at the horrible, diabolical instigators of this strike
who carry this mystic little volume in their craniums; & said
with much waving of arms & lifting of eyes that the s[...]narchist—Socialism."

There was no Socialist present, so this silly statement went
uncontradicted; & it remains for me to make a few remarks in
reply.

I[...]archist- Socialism"
is an ass. This is not abuse; it is a simple statement of fact
Anyone who has give[...]of "Anarchist-Socialism" was to show that he
was either ignorant of the meaning or those terms or he w[...]d as this is, he went further , & said that,”At it's roots
this (strike) is one phase of a widespread antagonism again-
st the Cnristian faith as embodied in the organised Christian
Church."[...]the-ancient teachings of the Founder Of Christianity is
true enough; but it is not true that the present strike is
aimed at the Christian gaith as embodied in the Christian
Church. What the strike is aimed at is the combination of
Capitalists who own & control the coalfieids of N.S.W.[...]der & more miserable in order to increase the profits
stolen from them.

But the proprietors biundered[...]em into class-
conscious cohesion & open revolt.

It must be remembered that the miners of the North, South, & We
st are not quite so ignorant of the Rights of Man as they[...]

Instead of the miners being the ignorant tools of the "Brother-
Capital —and—Brotner- Labor“ fakirs, they have sh[...]he might as well as the ri-
ghts of the laborers. What Holland & others began, Peter
Bowling fi others[...]shel-
ters all the world except himself.

The present strike is not aimed at the Christian faith, not
even that degenerate, conflicting conglomer[...]man is right after all !

Perhaps the Christian faith has become so far corrupted by the ‘
capitalistic pillars of the Church that the faith of the Church
is the faith of John Brown & Lady Learweek I Unknown to us,
there may be some truth in the pulpit man's charge. Peradventurt
while the Church has slept the sleep of the Just, the enemy
has stolen what few Jewels of ancient truth remained in her
crown & replaced them with paste. Indeed, this begins to look
likely when w[...]the Church is NOT REALLY UflHlSTlAhl§AU, & that it DOES fear

to declare the "whole council of God i[...]n. If Bowling & his merry men are aiming at the faith

of Capitalism, & in striking it have also struck the faith of
the Church, it proves that the faith of Capitalism & the faith

of the Church are one & the same:

"One in faith and doctrine,

One in unity."

But Bowling & the men of the North, South, & west do not aim
at the faith. They are notaiming at anything except the power
of Capitalism, & their first blow has landed in a vital part.
Bowling & his forces will not waste their blows upon an in~

vulnerable part of Capitalism, but will land them on that most
tender spot,Capitalistic unity. Honor among thieves only
prevails while it pays best. Nor will Peter Bowling waste

parasitic champions of Churchianity deliberately try to block

’ the path of the w[...]mage towards Freedom, they

must not be surprised it they are rudely pushed aside.

The cry,"Lo, the Atheist 2" has sufficed to transform by gone
agitators into bleeding martyrs. The venomous hiss,"he is a
Socialist," has been enough to set the forces of Capitalism
in motion to persecute, rine,& imprison the modern champions
of Labor. But the dawn of a better day is nigh. The night of
Capitalism has almost gone. The Man with the Hoe is being
awakened; & in Markham's words[...]rulers in all lands,

How will the future reckon with this man ?

How answer his brute question in tha[...]hirlwinds of rebellion shake the world?

How will it be with kingdoms & with kings

When those who shape him to the th[...]

June 26, l902.Socialists In French Municipalities. By H.Kerr.
June 29, 1902. Man Under The Machi[...]t. 25, 1902. Farthest North. vol.1.35l p by F. Nansen.

3, l(o2.A Tour Round the World In 80 Days. by J.verne.
Nov. 14, 1902.Practica1 Sermons. by[...]Lamb. 128 p by Horatius Bonar,D?D.
Jan. 1903.Spiritualism A Satanic Delusion.

Jan. 1903. The Origin Of Evil. 14 p by Mrs. E.0. White.

Jan. l903.The Devil's Legacy To Earth Mortals.[...]amby
Feb. 1903. Apollos the Orator & the Holy Spirit. 45 p. Thompson.
Feb. 1903. What Do Div: es of C.of E. Say re Christian Baptism.

Feb.8, 1903. The STirit—Fi1led Life. 33 p by John Mac Neil. B.A.
Feb. 1[...]y Waggoner.
Feb-27, 1903- The Sanctuary & the 300 Days of Daniel. Smith.
Ap. 4, 1903. The Shekinah. 421 p by W.0ooke, D.D. ed. 1877.
Ap. 9, 1903.Spiritualism Vindicated. 7b p by J. Tyreman, 1875,
May 4, 1903. Why We Ohristians Keep Sunday As A Sabbath.
May l903.fWea1th & Want. May 8, 1903. Catholic Knighthood.
Aug. l903.The Baptism With the Holy spirit. 67 p by Torrey.
Sep. 1903. Manifesto Of The Communist Party. by Marx & Engels.
Sep. l903.Wage~Labor & Capital. by Karl Harx. edition of 1899.
0ot- §. 1903. Rad1cal.Rhymes.15o p by W. Denton, edition 1871.
0ctfieé3,61989g3 The Labor novement in[...]n.
' ’ ' ' Poverty. 208 pages by J. Platt. 04 edition.
Dec.22, 1903. The White- Sewell Debate. 142 p by I.N. White
and G.W.’Sewe11. j
Dec.22, 1903. Why God Does Not Kill The Devil.48 p by Evans.
Dec. 28,1903. Is Sunday The Sabbath ?. 8 p by 0. Wilcox.
Ap. 5, 1904: The[...]in of Man. 34 p by W. Denton.
June 1904; Christianity And Secularism. by rev. W.G. Blackie.
Oct[...]

Oct. 28, 1905. Is spiritualism Of God ? 30 p by W.H.S.

Nov. 2, 19o5.Great[...]s. 310 p by Gilbert Bishop. ’
Dec.22, 1905. Spirit Photography. by Will Phillips.

Dec.25, l9o5.The[...]Life & Death. by Mrs.M.M.King.
Dec.28, 1905. Spirititualism Of The Bible. by J. Curtis 1879 ed.‘
Dec. 30, 19o5.The Talking Snake. 16 p by ". Smith."

Dec. 30 1905. Why Should Death End A11-?. 18 p by W.Smith. .
Jan.1, 19o6.Spiritualism vindicated. 76 p by W. Tyremam. 5
Jan. 2, 1[...]an. 7, 1906. Heaven Revised. 69 p by E.P. Duffy.edition of 1900.
Jan. 8, 1906. A Boy's Life Aboard Ship. 302 p. Anon.

Jan. 19o6.Natura1 Law In The Spiritual World. by Prof. Drummond.
Jan. 19o6.Heaven & H[...]p by E.D. Babbett; M.D. by A. .
Feb. 25. 19o6.A Criticism Of the Labor Party's Socia1ism.byhbmpscn
Feb[...].Babbett. .
nar.3e6, l906.Suocese & How To Attain It.3l p by W.Ford. 7
Ap.26, 1906. Human Culture & Cu[...]16 p by Robert Blatchford.

June 2, 1906. The Political Labor Movement. 15 p by Jn Penny.

June 7, 1906. Britain For The British. 173 p by Robt. Blatchfcrd.
June 13, 1906. The[...]John Pearson Stevens. ‘

. July 17, 1906.Spiritua1ism In Harmony with Reason & Christianity.

July 13- 1906. Spiritualism: What Is It ?. 16 pages.
S€P- 37.190b.Unc1e Tom's Ca[...]

rwere he to learn the~state of affairs 'in "the“Newcastle
district to—dayitted to look up the mines until they
have made their united wills a law which the dispossessed
miners & oth[...]any sane person

even attempt to justify this position, or imagine a reason

why millions of honest, industrious citizens should allow a
few men,whether present or_absent, to own and control the
billions of tons of coal that are so essential for the life

i & happiness of the nations. Some people decry & deride the
idea that it is right, or even possible, for the people to
tak[...]tively, but by a comparatively insignificant
minority; & the feat would be all the more surprising to a
stranger in view of the fact that it is the MINORITY who
persistently say, through their papers & persons, that coll-
ective ownership of mines is impossible. what men of com-
mon sense to~day will argue that a minority of the people is
more intellectual, more honest,[...]he whole:

Or who will dare to affirm that a minority~- a small section
of the people-~ have a greater right to own & benefit by the _
coal deposits of this country than the great landless & prop-[...]govern should, in Justice, be derived from
the consent of aon—owning people who are economically and[...]elves.
Has the planet been made for the sole benefit of a few humans
who are in no way superion to the[...]d-up sunlight the accumulations of untold ages of sun-
shine & showere locked up in the strong room of N[...]nor the reward of industry

on the part of the present owners. These coal deposits are N

fl,,,.,s_ ,- -,_ ‘.1; , .1 F[...]

continent shall be used by,& for the benefit of, the people
who are here, & for generations ye[...]le of the fires of Australia will be fed by
coal. It will then be, more so than now, the indispsnsible[...]will depend upon coal. The coalminer
will then be what he almost is now, the man whose skill &

labor cannot be dispensed with. And, as the colliers are now
beginning tomshow the results of a generation of education &
agitation in semi-class-conscious action on the indust[...]ss—conscious.

TWEN "ELL COME THE DELUGE E ,
Capitalism with its wage~slavery, wars,& other innumerable evih
will[...]assisting to bring about this result. Paper constitutions .
& laws are powerless to restrain the incoming tidal wave of é
industrial,social, & political revolution which will sweep awam
existing institutions.Gapitalism is doomed; Socialism is in- §
evitable.The workers are building the ark of industrial union—[
is‘. trom which,when the waters subside, will issue the newer

& better s[...]

queen as she is erroneo[...]future generations of bees. But i
as_soon as this office has been fulfilled, & they become use- {
less[...]oriously gathered, the workers use their common ,
sense & get rid of the idlers in the most effectual m[...]is eaten by those who have the best right to eat itu
No self—respecting community of working bees would permit a sh
ll minority.of its members to live in idleness upon the fruitf
of the labor of others, nor permit them to mononolise the
flowers from which the hon[...]“If there be any among us who will not work, neither shall he‘
eat", is the motto of every sensible bee. Each.wOrke3 is eX_ \

pectedto do his s[...]es, nor are there bloated monopolists
drawing profits from the labor of others. . i
One could go on enumerating,the instances in which the little;
insect surpasses the supposed superior Man in intelligence as g
applied to political economy. There may have been degenerate .
swarms of bees in ancient[...]e of a lunatic asylum.
The bee is part of Nature, Its idea of social Justice is natural}
and right. He[...]been the victim of his own foolishnes,
& HAS permitted a few drones to hold & control the land[...]

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gm

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ever & wherever it is found;; & there is no-difference in
the princi[...]bed of roses! ,
Social injustice & glaring inequality of opportunity are ha»
sed upon the ignorance of the toilers. This ignorance of the
workers is the cause of disunity & absence of class—conscious~
ness; but, fortunately, t[...]is
injured in respect of our wages or working conditions, lt is
an injury to all,
ted upon us one by o[...]& great sacrifices of our agiw
tators, past & present, we are now realising that to stand

inasmuch as the same injury may be inflic~ }
I
alone in the presence of the enemy is to perish.; to stand ’

until[...]tars has, like Ha1ley's co%et,begun
to descend in its orbit nearer to the solid earth. ifty years
ago 999 men in every thousand would tell you that¢apitalism
had come to stay. Twenty—fave years ago no[...]one in a
hundred would venture to say that the capitalist system would
pass away like the plagu[...]

toaday it would be~hard indeed ~to find a man -who is not o[...]d that freedom is POSSIBLE of attainment-by the united
forces of the workers, but is snre~that~it~is"one of the-PR©B=
AELE“events”0f“the’f[...]“
We are practically unanimous upon the possibility of being the
owners of our own souls & bodies; b[...]the workers a few
years ago. Next, compulsory arbitration was the most popular
method until it was shown by time & experience to be utterly
useless. It is upon this question that the Socialists have had
to endure the most bitter & strenuous opposition from the
Labor opportunists. It has taken years of hadd & earnest work
to convince the majority of the miners that arbitration leads
to the perpetuation —~ not the abolition—~ of wage-slavery.
But Peter Bowling & the o[...]iners have had their
arguments clinched by the arbitration courts themselves.NOne
except the most stupid now advocate arbitration.

But the intelligent members of the workin[...]ennan, Holland & others,
& are carrying on the present struggle with the industrial
devil-fish on the lines of the new unionism.

This, then, is the beginning of the end.Oapitalism & social
injustice cannot stand in the presence of an enlightened

nation of workers who are bo[...]ialism.

This is the greenhead in the sugar that bites Wade & his fel-
low proprietors. As long as the workers blundered along the

old crooked road of sectional strikes & craft unionism, with
its scabbery of one union against another, things we[...]o could sing,

"God's in His Heaven,
A1l's right with the world."

But when it becomes evident that the new idea has entered the[...]trusts no longer in a frowning Provid-
ence, but sends armed mounted police to Newcastle to shoot the[...]labor of the workers has made all that the Community ‘
requires. That will be the end of Capitalism. The aim & ob»
ject of everyone should be to smash the present systen of Cap-
italism into imnalpahle dust & erect in its place a social 5
order in which everyone shall have an equal opportunity to i
enjoy all the good things of this li[...]

look at the histor[...]te & they could
confidently declare war against Britain. Or look at the presen
state of Germany. Here you see a nation which has been pre-
paring for war for a number of years, a nation which has start
led all Europe by the rapidity & extensiveness of its prep-
arations for war; & even those who deceive[...]hey will not make war at the first

'3 Vopfihrtunityg-Hence the feverish haste in which more D[...]

& hence the mystical offer of Ward, of New Zealand, of a

/

Dreadnought t[...]h afraid of war being declared by those equipped with
the biggest guns, the largest ships, the most in[...]n their own maxim to the extent of re~
lying upon it in time of danger. They then perceive that to
be[...]relude to war.

If no nation was prepared for war it is very evident that war
would not begin. People[...]them, & must be trained before they can be used with
any great amount of success.

Or take the case o[...]AVE EVERY NATTON UNPRE—
PARED FOR WAR.

How can it be done ? The answer is this: Firstly, let the
working men & women of the world realise the fact that it is
they alone who make it possible to begin or continue wars.
All the imple[...]f the workers. In their dense ig-
norance & stupidity they construct millions of pounds worth
of wealth for the express purpose of allowing a few to des—
troy it. The workers labor, & sweat, and stint themselves[...]l self-sacrifice
can lift them they are willingly sent by their fond, foolish
parents to destroy & be destroyed with innumerable thousands
of others for‘the benefit of a few human vipers.

The armies & navies of the world are recruited & replenished“
from the ranks of the workers. The palsied occupants of the
pulpits , & the crafty proprietors of the who work for
the dominant few, do their best to investzfigiiggs with a halo
of glory. The more awful the carnage upon[...]praise is given to those who have helped to
make it so. ‘ '
Mankind is more ignorant upon the criminality of war than up-
on almost any other subject. Ins[...]versal execration by the leaders of the pe~

ople it is exalted into a great & noble profession,& those who

practise it are honoured with ribbons, medals, & crosses &
have their n[...]

If war could be of any benefit to the workers surely we should 4
be rolling in riches at present instead of being always on the
verge of starvation. If war is of any benefit to us as workers,
why are wars the precursors of famine & disease ? It is poss-
ible to arouse the workers Qn this quest[...]e task of g
the Socialists will not be so hard as it may appear. ‘
Let every worker, male & female, deci[...]ture be carried on by those :
who instigate & profit by it. 1
It is time to put a stop to this horrible business, & in spite '
of Fisher, Watkins, & the Labor Party, we shou[...]& materials, make warfare an utter impossibil- A
ity. Of course it will need the co—operationé of the workers
to bring about this result, but the spirit of altruism which
is pervading the minds of the workers will make the abolition
of war comparatively easy. Let us organise upo[...]& never rest until the
workers of the world are united in one giant federation to
free ourselves from the domination =of the minority, & be- .
come the owners of the earth & all it contains. When that has be
en done,the earth will be covered with peace & prosperity, & 4
we shall see the realisation of the aspirat[...]s
rushing call! Why should the earth be drenched with gore, Are

we not brothers all ? Want from the s[...]Sect, clan,_& nation, 0
strike down Each main partition wall: Let love the voice of
discord drown , An[...]peace alone Hold human hearts in thraJg?E8T ,6T Itxdv -muss

‘tteq eouep eqi rseu tttwpurm[...]

Feb.20, 1910.In Tune With The Infinite. by R.W.Trine.

1
9
j Aug, l909.Prepare F[...]

"Arbitration leads to prison 1“
Puss has scampered from tne—bag !
Hark ! the fateful cry has risen,
"Wadeges Board means Wageless Lag!"

Bust and da[...]the fate of Daniel Hutton's 1
Torn the mask from off my gang.

Nought can save us now but lying,
Craft[...]eful talk

Or they'll see that we've been flying
With the sparrow & the hawk I

I must now denounce co[...]o'er Labor's eyes
Or the army of exertion

W111 with blazing anger rise !

Let my piebald Labor Party

Rub the rust from sheild and blade,
And with flourish bold-& hearty
Charge the ranks of Comrade Wade 1

Let us rage in mimic battle,

Fill the air with foaming drink,

Lest the stupid voting cattle a[...]to be free,

( Mention not the years we juggled
with the same elusive pea.)

Tell them not our Party,venal,
Favor arbitration laws;

That we voted for the pena1~-
Wise's striker—Jailing -- clause.

Tell it not in Kurri Kurri,

Breathe it not neath southern shies,
How my piebalds,[...]

0'er the face of New South Wales 3

;, Arbitration 1 Arbitration I
' Idol of my foolish heart !
Panacea or the nation 1
Thou & I must sadly part. I

3 Long thy merits have I sounded,
Loudly all thy virtues praised;[...]earing of imprisonment ofstrike leaders.
"Weeping may endure for a night, but Joy cometh in
the morning[...]lover,

For my night of weeping's over,

And this day with boundless pleasure
} Inexpressible , I ha[...]

Bowling's Jailed, with sentence heavy 1
I'm at large with saint Dunleavy 2

We are free as crows & dingoes[...]strikers,

And their cause did not betray.

Now with joy I gush & bubble 2

Rid of all my foes & trou[...]that salt is in the sea; And the height of my ambiti
And the height of my ambition

Is to crawl to a position

Of a Jingoistic premier

In a piebald Ministry.

And to gain that consummation

I shall whoop for Arbitration
Twixt the pay—triotic robber

And his servile, plundered "han[...]bomb & rifle

For the alien thieves who'd trifle
With the sacred rights of Blubber ‘
To the capital & land.

I shall earn my swift promotion
By my PAY—triot's devotion

To the interests of Em[...]

Oh, this is great.& welcome news 1'
But can it be a fact I

That Charlton, Cameron, & Hughes
Have snared them in my Act ?I_

Oh, this is joy without alloy!
A taste of Heaven's bliss!

I thank th[...]gs to this!

Saint Matthew leads the wethers on.
with Cameron's accord .

For Klie—knack, Sco[...]

Was Judas paid to do his task
By others just as vile ?

Was Orchard~~~

But what softies ask

Would make a monkey smile 1

Perhaps, some day, from Cue to Bourke,
They'll learn in Life's dear schools
THAT ANY KIND OF DIRTY WORK

IS DONE WITH DIRTY TOOLS.

Meanwhile my crew is saved from_wr[...]FALLACY OE OOMPROMISE. By Dandelion.

"The proposition as briefly submitted to the lodges is that
the employees & employer[...]of settlement, that the strike should
be declared off, that the mines should be opened to all rer-
mer employees under old conditions, & that the wages board
should adjudicate on[...]tion.—- "Newcastle Herald". Feb. l8,l910." ‘

It is safe to say that such a proposal as this would never
have seen daylight had Bowling, the strong man of the Feder-
ation, been at the head of the delegate board. It is contempt—

ible, cowardly, & compromising, & reflects no credit upon the
’author. It does not even propose that the clear, bold[...]

(Continued from page 15 A ).
That Heav'n at last its work.may own,
And men.be brothers all 1“

' From the ".s[...]foggy;

The landscape is spinning around;

Our gait is decidedly groggy, '
And neither knows whither he's bound 1

The Socialists say we're in Russ[...]the knout of the. Czar;

2 We really can't say if it's Prussia,
‘_Or where in the mazes we are 1

Grave doubts in our minds have arisen--
Though striking's a horrible crime—-

Ii stri[...], to see why the nation
Should suffer the loss of its trade;
And workers refuse arbitration

So Wise— ( & Mceowen) —ly made.

It's Just a few weeks rrom election;
Our party must[...]the dickens
In such a dilemma,to steer 1

We know it is most inconsistent

To ask that those felons be freed;
ggcause we have been gg persistent
With gregory Wade, Wise, g Reid

12 B.

;g_3rying 39 get arbitration '

To banisn the barbarous strike...
We'll ask—- but with great nesitit was rendered effective

By penal provisions of Wade.

Our party, it's primal promoters,
would terribly grieve if it failed;
But STRIKERS ARE ALSO THE VOTERS

who SOM[...]ts to the fate, at Glenrowen,
Of Kelly, who fell with a snreik .

FOR HOW WE CAN ASK-FOR REMISSION
OF[...]rains can disclose 3
Our party will certainly rue it

And die of exposure & shame,

SO, THOUGH WE SUPPOSE WE MUSE DO IT,
WE'RE DASHED IF WE RELISH Tub GAME, H

THE AWAKENING OF SIMPLE S[...]only dreaming
Whenthis legend of adventure came within my mental view?
It’s a fable I discredit : you may also when you’ve read it,
But as I received the story I relate it unto you. '

.M~.y,.1ife started at Mt. Lofty; an[...]one mornin’, “Sam, I’d rather
Have. your absensefrom this orcherd than your silly company.”
So[...]twenty,
I was workin’ for a farmer for a bob a day and board ;

ItWaters,with my missus and six dauters,
When I’d reeched th[...]e was froogal and as thrifty as MacDougal
But despite of all her strivin’ we could never save a sent.

So my father was mistaken, and my konficlence was shaken
In the" balanse of his maksims; but I reckoned it was best
To defur a full deniul till I’d given[...]chance just lately to subjeltt them to the test.
Itwas joinin’ Brumby Stashun I receeved a grate orashun
Froni a l_ittle cove named Billy (what’s his SIR-name I fnrget),
But his langwidge, fast and firey, was what poets call “inspirey”
And his splendid perryrashun I can fancy hearin’ yetl

~ Sez he traiturs talk of failyer in our buteyons free Au[...]

From the future for a momint, and permit your eyes to dwell

On a vishun of our nashun, blest with peaceful arbitrashun,

Where the masters trust the workers with the chek-books and
the tills,

And the workers l[...]meu I They repell the furin foemen

From their fruitful native country wich the WORKERS proudly
OWN I[...]t was ’lectric-thrilly l I shouts “Boskerl Go it Billy l”

Sez he, "Linger yet a rnomint till I[...]rin’

Till the chareman——0ur employer—sez it’s SILENCE or the
SACK !

I remembured Dad’s a[...]nd dejekted till I gladly reckolcckted

How that Little Billy told us that our avridge in the bank

Wa[...]t Billy tells some
whoppers).

So I entered one quite handey, and was inosent and frank;

And I noticed as the teller dropt ni[...]ovrins, yeller,

On the kounter, and I took them with a feelin’ of releef.

Well I thought the man w[...]lver and yells “ Antey up, you thief

But I pockited the money, and I ansered “ Don’t be funny,

It’s my AVRIDGE as I’ve taken ; and the balance[...]; . I

Wich my father said is Latin for “he’s off his bloomin’ dot.”

Then I anteed and departed somewhat quicker than I’d
started ;

And the bank[...]

Next I traveled to Broad Arrow, and obsurved :1 empty barrow,

So‘ I sta[...]“Who granted you permishun to engage in this positith *— *— (stars an’ dashes); so I nocked him[...]ted him for dead!

Next I landed at the Boulder. with Matilda on my shoulder ;

I was hungry as a ding[...]n MY sunny, FREE Austrailyer ; so I questiond was it fair

That the country I was born in only treated me;with scornin’,

And the idlers etc the bullock whil[...]ch for
freedom,

In MY golden land 0’ sunshine (it was boilin’ hot that day);

Met a Cousin Jack from Tanibo; “How art dish[...]Thee art lookin’ fine an’ poorly ; tell us what’s the matter,you?”

“This,’°' I ansered,[...]e swallered all the
chatter

Of the ‘cunnin’ little Billy, and beleeved his words was true;

That[...]the

showers
Make thieilandscape bloom like Eden with its feelds of goldun
‘ -korn, - ‘ '
And e[...]

“ Lor o’ mercy[...]TO MY MOTHER,” ]an replide ; “I’mVWORTI-I.
it, mther ! _

But, my darlin’, I caan’t spend it, for ’tis THEE--not ME—-
that’s SOLD 1” '[...]hey’m bleatin’ ’bout defences, while WE’M payin’ all ex-
penses V

To purtect they in thier m[...]ghty
tussles

’Genst the gentry that do own us. It is true that we be free-—— '

Free az cockatoos in cages ; free to labor hard for wages
WHEN ouu LABOR MAAKES THEM PROFIT ; but if not, well look
at WE I”

So I’m wake[...]am free!

I’ll declare he’s Annaniars mixed with seven kinds of liars!

And if ever I’m in Sydney little Bill shall hear from ME 1”

Thus the ‘movi[...]in the fable that to you I now reveal;

NEVER CREDIT W1{A'r’s ASSERTED BY A TRAITOR WHO DESERTED,

FOR HIS VOICE RESEMBLES J[...]

By

OPEN letters being the rule at
present I write this open let-
ter to my fellow wage slaves
who will this week be granted
the privilege (because it is
still safe to do so) of voting

for a fresh crowd of political‘

saviours.

We have been voting for
socialand political avatars for
a long while now, but those of
us whose hairs are getting
rich with silver threads among
the copper strands can say, in
the “Army” phrase, “the
harvest is past; the summer
is ended,and weare not saved.”
We have gone to[...]ections returns posted up;
we have been thrilled with joy
to find that “ our ” men have
been elected; and we have
waited patiently for the bur-
de-ns of life to be lifted by a
friendly political hand from
our backs, but so far we have
waited in vain. VVc are still
the landless, toolless slaves of
a few. We still work hard
and long for very little. We
still have to ask men, who are
no better t[...]class.
We live on hope and short
commons, and see what the
poet meant when he wrote
“Hope springs eter[...]ARE blest;
but are always to be in that
happy condition if we vote for
Jones the Freetrader, or Brown[...]o our sor-
row that the blessings have a
nasty habit of falling upon
the heads of those who pro-
mised[...]r read that Mr.
So—and-so M.L.A., or M.H.R.,
visited the theatre, or the
show, or the races, or the fed-
eral capital site, or had gone
to South Africa to look after
his m[...]r had
gone on a pleasant tour to the
Northern Territory, or was

fooling away his time—-fidd[...]

about time that you made up-

your minds tha[...]-the Pencil.
will be able to place your “re-
presentatives ” on the 'liis't of
the uuemployed—-wh[...]om),
that you have yourselves to
blame for the political corrup-
tion that prevails; and 1'1.‘ IS
’.l‘JLUEl But don’t let it be
possible to say that again.
Don’t vote for m[...]’t choose any

evil——big or small-—‘~if it is in

your power to rejectit, which

it

If you want a continuation
of the present rotten state of
affairs you should certainly
vot[...]e using
their power and your apathy

to ma_intain it. But if you
desire a complete change———if
you wish to become the owner
of yourself and of the whole
fruits of your labor and the
land you" live in~—vote[...]the plundered
slaves that you are. They
know that it is utterly useless
for you to turn in your sleep[...]y tell you
that if you want liberty you
must TAKE it; if you desire
the fruit of your collective toil
you must make a persistent
and intelligent effort and TAKE
it; if you are anxious to be
Men instead of “ hand[...]ings
by your OWN efforts on the
industrial and political fields.
The socialists don’t tell you
that[...]l you that you
should work for any wage that
a capitalistjudge fixes for you.
They don’t tell you that it is
wrong to stop working if you
are not satisfied with your

L-

conditions or wages; and nei-
ther do the‘ socialists[...]y
will assist the government to
make stringent arbitration
laws wherewith to jail you if
you strike. Above all, they
never insult you with the jingo
lie that the main question is
that of[...]at
they will COMPEL you to work
for your masters without
striking, they will FORCE you
to bear the cos[...]ve,
resident invaders secure in the
possession of what they have
stolen from you! The“Labor”
branch of the Capitalist party
openly admit that you do not

own the land, and they have
the[...]ou will not only be compelled
by law to work when it is to
your interest to strike, but

that you will[...]§0ClAL_I__S'1‘ REVIEW, APRIL 16, 1910. 6

when it is to the: interest of
your owners to; do so.‘ ~-‘Now,

for fear that you may accuse.
me of drawing-Lthe long ‘bow, I9
give y[...]fight if the

occasion arose, and WOULD

HAVE to PAY forit tool” ‘If

you ask, “ Who own the land
that[...]at the people
should seriously consider. AT
PR.I<}SENT HALF THE ALIEN-
A’t‘F.D LAND IN THIS STATE IS
OWNED BY 7o4o PERSONS 1”
If you ask what is the state of
society which you are to be
compelled to fight and pay" for
the preservation of, here is

your answer in the words of
“Labor” candidate A. McDou-

gallz “ To-day there is abject-

poverty in the city of Sydney,

and what will be the state of
things a few years hence if’

some steps are not taken to
remedy present industrial con-
ditions? To-day one of the

largest papers in Australia is

threatened with boycott for
opposing the fusion.—"gover[...]

ALONE—is noble 1” Then war
and its advocates must. be ig-
noblel Yet you are to ‘be
forced by a traitorous Party
led-by;Hughes and Fisher, to
work unde[...]l.

THE International Club held
a meeting last Sunday night
and decided to join the Social-
ist Federation of Australasia;
also to change its name to In-
ternational Socialist Club.
Charley[...]no doubt
will go ahead. We have all
the old Groupites in it; also
Parkerand O’Reilly fromPirie.
'\/\[...]

Base Fetteration as been won
, With bribe of gold and loaded gun;
' The democratic hope. undone,
’ Joins in its own death knell,

Poor fools. how proud 1 Your manhood’s

sold. This “paetion” means United
' Gold:

It's power to crush is now five-fold-——re-
Peal[...]out-throats marshalled here.
’ in raiment gay, with flashing spear,

Youa cmnnasu To COERCE. ~
1* These are the_ paid and fattenedt ols

-—-Now, with me, view the farce.

y

as t *‘
E3‘ = The gh[...]e.
s, lfrinstanee, Barney Ringnose Wise‘
, Felt it incumbent to arise. V 1 - s e
. ’ And swelled-head 1‘oby Barton’s eyes
Beheld tne scene with glee.

boasting only half a lung)
A psean to‘[...]* -.-’)...‘v-H -, .

5’.
g ‘V /Sir Guts, With hollow ribs and skull, floats
,’ ’ 'o’er[...]‘- sodgers " marchedin grand review',_

V, 1“ What is their mission ? Pause and hear— '

Wealth sends to watch ye. hapless fools— 7

’ ' 1 k . .[...]Have lain unhonored in the dust, ,
here f .ith betrayed and pledges burst
' .. .H_ave, bleached his elbows Vblue,,_____,

489

With lowering brow and hollow eyes, near !
Guts the g[...]The “Miner Statesman ” HAD to rise, so
wrath with Reid was he.
His knuckle bones he clenched, and[...]nned,
While yet of earth were we,”

at &_’-it

Far to the rear ‘a sad-eyed train close up
and[...]e_v_mourn, alas, that freedom dies :3

'l..‘his day by wiles sccursed. '4‘

annug1'xh§;a7eE?[...]h ‘a den
. spicable p'r‘a.'ctice—-as discreditable to the

receivers as to those oi‘£_[...]

SKLLFUL DRIVER AVERTS A .
‘ CALAMITY._lq"

A narrow egape from What‘ might have
been 2. very serious, if not fatal,[...]il the engines as usual prior to com-
mencing the day shift, after which he
lowered the western cage (a double decker),
which had been squared at the[...]where they are engaged.
At 7 o’clock the first cage of men, eight in
number, was being lowered in the eastern
compartment of[...]to revolve at a great speed, and,
of course, the cage in which the men were
travelling down the shaft d[...]by a knocking
sound, and he was trying to locate it when
he suddenly noticed. the difference in the
velocity of the ropes. At the same time
Mr. P. Kelly, a b[...]m was
causing the wood on the brakes to burn.
The cage, however, was brought to a stand-
still a little above the 2400ft, level. It
was then slowly lowered to the latter level,
wher[...]ed miners jumped out and
gave the signal that the cage was at liberty
——a signal which was heartil w[...]stance, and went along the level
to the Cornish United mine (the ‘next mine
south), where thew were hauled to the
surface little the‘ worse for their exciting
and perilous experience.

Had it not been for the action of the
enginedriver, who[...]ed at
the mine for about 15 years, and who acted
with commendable prornptitude, the result
of the mishap might have been appalling,
as the men had only a little over 200ft. to
reach the bottom of the shaft. Whilst
descending the mine one of men passed
the remark, “What 9. st::.
giving us,” but he hadybare y uttered the
words when the cage geemed to drop from
under them. They at on[...]

ation were not paralysed with rear, bebrescéngegédThat no

more work be done[...]mates been safely StPW?d ff tgd 109
way Of the Political Labor League fa°tif”kt§’a§.i efaiv-ls[...]party to °°me 1? an? t in ldo duck swim '

them what to do. Would they adwse - Wtfu-hxah would qevér
This was ag apgortunitgegfig ggegznlost, w lC A

come a ow ing - ' ~

gfvgourse they advised; & the result was what might have oeen
expected ,' Tm, ,,_,_u.c 9,911 is[...]Air»:2.w:.v_vs>..».umL2i2<
cue p1gUa¢u.3 Lew white patches are rapidly growing darker in
the shadow of the jail provided by the Act of whica toeyoggggity
Port the main prin°ip1e'" ?rb1t?at1°9’ & her? Was& nt Ege same ti
to get even with their anti—arbitration enemies, 1.:_ 1 Whi_

s: time touch up their white spots with legal & pghl iga rd.

L; tewash. They would advi[...]e innumerable boards» &» t°8e 9? W1,

5' the white-ant eaten planks of their platform, construct No[...]meron & Aaron Charlton were appointed U0

J. represent the miners before the Board; & in their eager ness
they could not even wait to learn the result of the proposed
ballot before[...]n the Board being accepted by the very small majority
of 121. About one third of the members never vot[...]h the returns £ Compromise E compromise 1 Have faith
in Scolds: Let us be friends 3

Get back to work : Open your mouth & shut your eyes & take

what Wade will send you 1 Let us have an AMICABLE settlement.
Let us moderate our demands ! The hypnotic spell may wear off
before we get the Job finished 1

ALL THIS AND THE LEADERS IN xiii JAIL '

This country is cursed with cowardice & compromise. It is af~
flicted with a parasitic party that lives by deluding labor
& acting the part of capita19s lightning rod, & running Lab-
or's thunderbolts into the ground.

"Take what you can Get" ls it's motto. "Compromise" is it‘s
religion. Compromise means "adjustment byb mu[...]organised labor is in the fact that labor is entitled to the
best of everything that the worl[...]

A is always arbitrate; “Labor” lawyers like
To appear as advoca[...]B is battling Bswlands Bowling's bands marching offit down I

3

C will signify oadet( infantile galoot[...]modest lady scout he is very fond .

D will represent defence,(burning question, that S)

We are spari[...]rom the working man.
:; We're aware the enemy's neither Jap or Chow;

’} ghe Invador venomy's living[...]3
“Fisher fishing for a "Sir" uses ships for bait;

When their screws."our" waters stir watch him Jubilate I

-. .. A-;;:.;;.<'i';.[...]we must confess,

‘g Knocks us all to beggary writing to the press 1
Showed our inconsistency re the penal aiaus claws
And with what persistency we support his laws.

H is Harry Holl[...]“Reviews?
Holland's pen is likefilance tipped with boiling gall J
getfis making Billy's chance ver[...]f°W“»

(595

Till your lives & cash are spent paying lawyers‘ fees,

a..-
Breaking gilded chalices on their architraves, '
Plundering their saleries, burning golden[...]m§n_breaking_BowlingLs chains !

J will represent the Jail that the strikers hate,
Law and order must prevail; they should arbitrate 1

K is Khartoum's gory Kitch,head above the clouds,

Showing "LaboR" jingoes[...]e" of the few who rob;

When the workers get some sense we shall lose our job.

M is military maid all in khaki clad:

She will never be afraid scouting with the lad;
Soldier—gir1 with angel's wing folded neath her drum,
She's too mo[...]ing trouble home to "Mum "1

N is narrow national sentiment we preach;

Socialists, irrational,a1truism[...]fraternal links binding lands remote;
WE care not what nation sinks if Australians float . 3

O is Oriental lands paytriots abhor, I .
We exclude their "heathen" bands[...]e though your owners kill.

Your employers always pay what they can afford;

You should all their law[...]

T's our "holey" trinity-- power, place, and pay—~
Tripartite divinity unto whom we prey-

" Triune god of Avarice,we present to thee,

Thy appointed sacrifice—- bleeding L[...]sh unspent,
And our brave defenders are those who pay the rent.

V is venial verderous (pardonably gree[...]rous soldiers of the quean.

Working fools, by traitors sold, face the screaming lead;
And while we co[...]is wastefulness,wicked war & woe;

"Labor" men, with tastefulness, make your armies grow 1
And our ji[...]late

When that darned I. W. double Hughes the trait-
Or, the old craft—union pack, (Labor's incubus )
It will give us all the sack and will double Us .

Z[...]e toil
‘ - . . ’
Watching rivals jealously, waiting for the spoil,

Viewing Plays beholding[...]

Der-

C

We should battle neath its ensign till no vestige——

Idle Worker: Bust[...],

« And to elevate the morals of the classes-~

it Soc.: AND YOUR SALARIES T0 rear! fiouhns 3 WEEK[...]e constant inte ' *
t " L rjections are ann 1 -
E It

And imprisoned where his Majesty may like!

All the stations will be stolen from the s[...]1a rom con usion

By repelling all invaders from its shore. (Loud applause.)

§ocia%ig§ERI§ the ga[...]i e ig an rea

Lab. Can.: I'm afraid you mixed no water with your brandy;

He DESERVES it for his PAYtriotic zeal .

Socialist: If the candidate believ[...]ainly increased our small~—aW__wageS
legally entitled to enhance;

éas

Take this warning: I[...]

} Lab. Gan.: I am thankful for your most att[...]lled "Labor" is corrupt-—
’ Labor Party Dupe: What a bloomin' silly notion 1
Chairman: Let no member[...]o speak; don't interrupt 1
- First soc: —~ when it ought to fit be rejected
By the workers as a who[...]formed instead—~
‘ L.P. Dupe:- That's the rot what I expected-r
Chairman : Order 1 Sit down, Mr. Cole;
Till it's seconded you'll have to shut your head:
Second[...]e World should take the reins;
= And I'll pour a little lotion
In the dusty eyes of some,
And expect t[...]the decision
From the facts-~
L.P. Dupe: Ah 1 out it short 1
[ 2nd Soc.: If I cut the member shorter by a head
~ It would not impair his vision,
Or capacity for thought;
.And I doubt if he would know that[...]fe,
, And that this is how the workers stand to—day:-
1 There's a battle fiercely raging
1“ Twixt e[...]loyed—~
’ L.P. Dupe: Here that Socialistin nonsense comes again 1
2nd Soc.: Your politeness is engaging 1
__ And I really have enjoyed
4[...]e emanations from your brain 1
':.Now,_whilst destitution dire '
'Mong the millions shall be found

W

Twixt the classes & their "asses"
Bitter struggles will proceed-— .

L.P. Dupe: Ah, d[...]ies
2nd Soo.: ‘Tie a problem that surpasses

Is it music ?-— or for flapping off the flies ?
Anti-Socialist: Sir, I raise a point[...]the latest rule ?
Chairman : Yes, he goes beyond its border

In describing as an ass

Any member who is probably a mule l

End Soc.: Bitter fights with strike & sabre
Must go on, with dark intrigue,

Till all workers come together on the fields

Of both politics and labor-—

L.P. Dupe: They should Join the Labor League 1
End Soc.: And we take & hold the fruit our labor yields .
"We should Join the striker-Jailers"

Says my poor deluded friend;

But clean oil with tainted water cannot mix 1
They may square their yards, like sailors,

And may compass ev'ry end,

But at present they are steering for the Styx 1
We should take the fruit of labor

On the station, field; & mine

By an ec[...]us all.

Let each worker help his neighbor,

And with ALL his force combine,

Then THE GITADEL OF CAPITAL WILL FALL 5

And without affiliation

With "political" concerns-—

L.P.Dupe: We should all assist McGowen's Labor League 3
2nd Soc.: What 1 Assist oon~SILLY— ation ?
Help to shackle Gra[...],

And I wish to make the argument complete.

Now it must not be forgotten
That the tendency to—day
Is for power & great wealth to concentrate——

lst Soo.: Sir, in[...]ad settled closer * ‘ '
To the source of common sense
He would see how much his query helps my side.[...]ew
Renders separate craft unions out of date,
And it aids the hocus-pocus

Of the Labor-fakir crew, off
Whilst BEBE union wipes_it§ neighbour ggfiithe slate.
e ach .

Therels no method in their madn[...]u were munching nuts when Noah left the Ark )
And it aggravates the sadness

When they tell us on the raft

WE HAVE INTERESTS IN COMMON WITH THE SHARK 1

Now, the quickest way to alter

All[...]land 2
let Soc.: No,! That simply is to palter

With the trusts, combines, & rings, ’

which I scarcely think you Georgeites understand .

These conditions can be ended

And our interests conserved

By[...]pe
When the piebald "Labor" Party should depart

With McGowen's sleeping potion ~

And his ch1oroform—-

L.P. Dupe: What tripe 1

1st Soc.: Tripe & arbitrationé onions broke his heart 3

(Applause)
xkxR[...]they found them worse than bunions,

To his infinite surprise 3

AND THE MORE HE PEELS THE Z-IORE THEY MAKE HIM CRY I L
L- P- DuDe.: Mister chairman, what in thunder ( cud applause)
Has the motion got to do

«with this Socialistic, Yankee Union bosh 'r
Now, unle[...]blunder I
The "I. double W" " . [

Indicates that It Won't Work—— ’

Anti Socialist: ‘No I "It'Wbn't Wash 1"

L.P:Dupe: I have not the slightest notion

Of the words them letters fit; wfl

It's a point I think the mover should explain.

lst[...]against the motion

They will stand for "I Want Wit",

For they fail to see the showers for the rain 1 .

L.P.Dupe: We can thank the Labor Party »

For the Arbitration Board '

Through which ample work & wages n[...]only a short time before; & I was so nleq

ased with it, & shall always cherish it,being that she sent it 3

to me only a short time before leaving this world. And, while '

it must have been a great shock to her husband & children to be '
taken away so suddenly,I think it was a blessing to her, because ‘

I think from[...]e her reward. _ 1

And we are told that the young may die,& the old must die; & I

I think she lived to a good old age.

You asked Papa on your letter to send you her age & place of

birth: he is not sure about it; but he thinks if you will write'm

to sister Grace Perkyns, in England, she can[...]hapoy to say that our family is fairly well at present; &

our youngest son is Just graduated from the Grammer School with

i
a flood oer cent. And Melvin—- our[...]

The message above was written on the inside of the cover
of a little book of Tasmanian views. One is a"View of Ho-[...],
Court House, Newcastle,llth Jan. 1911.

To whom it may concern.

Mr. Josiah Cooking has transacted business with this off-
ice on several occasions & I have always found h[...]hemicals & photographic materials. Newcastle,
Wallsend,& Muswellbrook, N.S.W. I

Wallsend,llth Jan.l91l. To Whom It May Concern.

The bearer, Mr. J. Cocking,has been per[...]ed on at all times.

Stuart Trenery, Manager,_Wallsend."

COPY of reference;_-
Vellsend Municipal Council, Metcalf Street, Wallsend,
lath Jany.l9ll. To Whom It May Concern.
I have pleasure in stating that M[...]

sense during that period can give a sincerely honest[...]clean—lifed man finds no domicile in this locality. g
Mr.Cocking is endowed with intellectual capabilities much tb
beyond the average, liberally supplimented with other ‘
commendable qualifications as to health & habits that go
for the making of a real "white man". He carries with him
the unstinted respect of all worth having in this comun- '
ity; & I will be exceptionally well pleased to hear of _
his success in the present or any other undertaking he fl

may have under contemplation.
I am&c. A.Cook, Town Cl[...]ge him,-

as I am sure they will be well pleased with him in every wa
way. Stuart Trenery, chemist & dentist. ~ -

COPY of reference:—

"To whom it may concern.
This is to certify that I have known the[...]kman &
always attentive to his work. I have no hesitation in recomn

ending him to anybody who wants a[...]m Uncle Walter Per-

kyns,Jan.5rdfi£fl7.:- ;
"With all kind thoughts for a very happy Christmas. W
X

The hearty greeting wish 1 send

Is simple but sincere,
Mayym1ahqmyCmmsmmssp§fl ~r

with all who love you near! s

COPY of card fr[...]sweet ?" Shake- =

sp eare .
Good luck & Joy be with you this Christmas & through-

709

blame. You kept putting_off writing from time to time till at
last you appear to have imagined that you had really Written,
&_that I owed you_one, when,as a matter of fact, I was the in-
jured party, It is an old dodge, Joe. When a man is guilty of an~[...]ast he really
helieves,if he is not the real culprit, he he at least contri-
butsa more than a fair sh[...]accusing me_of neglect or indifference for‘ a bit longer I
shall, no doubt, come to believe that I reallywas to blame for wt
what has happened. __

But never mind, In your own wor[...]he Awakening Of Simple Sam“is tipwtopg & as for it
being "dangerously near to lying", as you fear, let me give my
opinion_ that if_that kind of writing is lying many parts of
your_cherished Bible-«[...]t
toall. If Iise you I'd try to put moor av un in what you no
write. Yedden too bad. boy I "The Craft Union fleeting" got
there neatly too; but what's the sense, Joe, in continually
trotting out_that old impo[...],_pla1n Eriglish ? Fakir sounded all right for a little‘ ;
Whlle, but_I think it has long since got itself listed under thej

Catefldry of "cant wor " ' , '. .
"AntimSOSh." is in Company with those cant phrases of

. t
Now Joe, I mnght have got to it a bit

let us offer our noor condolences in your bprmqvemén[...]

that those shins of yours are well. Is it a kind of eczema ?
My un1on——the United Laborers‘ union—— will, I think, have ent[...]son foreman on a Government railway Job near the city, & the men,}

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WhO’belOfi8”t0“th3TU-L€UlaT;i11T¢9m¢T§ut‘0n’WhateV9I”J0b“Th0m*'7§r
pson is~sent'to oversee.fAtéa~specral~meeting last SaturdayIt will not be a general strike but a refusal to work under gt;
although it is hard to tell what developments may take olace

ill

U.L:U,,& we number some 3000 all told. By far the biggest union
inhs[...]e are the_on1y unio n that is not dominated
by p9liticians,for which we have no use.

O'Grady."

Letter_£rom Jim Smith to me:— _, _ .
Hungly,_j5;h 5th °sp. 1910. _[...]. We are getting
QnHa1lw:ight‘QV€T here. The pit is working every day, & we are as
having some very fine weather[...]dining room_table or the boiler.;
I_left_him the kitchen table & a sitting room table! but I told ’
him I was going to[...]ing room table. I think I gave you_,
a receipt of_what was to be sold; but you could let him have the
boiler for 6/: if you don't want_to take it yourself: but ask”
for_oash, I am sorry my uncl[...]to have the handling of the money, & don't give I
it to him,_ He_ought to remember that we are over here without
a home & want something to fall back on when the pit starts to wo.
work_badly.‘Beople over here won't give you a helping hand when
you get down: it is every man_for Eimself. They will be shortenin;'
hands in about 6 weeks time, as they only work abot 3 days per
week_in the Summerg I don't think we will be put off, as they
like the Australians_ for trucking,_the best. But 3 days per week I
is no good:7 it will only pay for board. We are going over to
Canterbury in Y v[...]ting. They say from 1/6 to 2/— . r
breaking in. It is easy to get_work over there. It is on the
Southdlsland, It will cost us about £ 4 each to go from Auo k— '
land; sodwe will have to be very careful with our money. _
~ Travelling in New zealand is_very dear. I will write Evans a I
note & tellghim I will pay him up as soon aslI get settled.
It is on; ,aumatter.0f £5 between the 2 of us. .-
Iwam sending you the UAuck1and Weekly". It is the best paper
QV9r"h6T§:7 itV8iV€§ all the n€W$- A180 2 Post cards——[...]ou will see the other mine in Huntly town.
I,wi11_send_you the "Auckland Weekly" every fortnight, or ev[...].
you agl.aFgr%h%£1l§oJ§Swi%%i%%me to a close with best wishes to

(Answered Sep. 18th 1910.[...]

on the Wallamba run,where he went to reside. For this land he
paid do[...]25 & survey fees. After 2 years residen
he had to pay year1yl/- per acre on the 257% acres & two pence[...]as set down at 5 1 per acre, but Mr. Hillikin had it re:
appraised & got the value reduced to 10/4 per[...]ed from the effects of an accident, hav

‘ been run over by his own cart.

hr. Cooking was always in[...]e a will in my favor as he sai
he was not able to pay me anything for the services I had ren~'
dered hi[...]i
& said that they would not have anything to do with him. He_
would not leave anything to them. I ref[...]him to,
make a will out in my favor. He then made_it out in my son's
favor. At the time of his death t[...]branding another man's beast

was tried, but acquitted. The defence of his action ran him int
some costs. ItithfullY Henry W’ F1ett’"

Mr.‘James Bell to m[...]a letter from Dear Sir, I return phqtgé’”but it"

n Little n1ngo,.Oct. 1?10-

is so many Vea?8 ago[...]

In the year 189 he was[...]another man's
.beast, was tried, but aoqu1tted....It was at this time he
sold his land." Henry W.F1ett, Oct. 23, 1910.

From James Bell, Little Dingo Creek. “I will try to tell you
what I know about the Thomas Cooking who lived here ab[...]a R1ver.£"

y7qq

per acre, but Mr. Millikin had it reappraised and got theéi

)

per acre on[...]

After he_left_here_I know very little about him, only what I
heard, ,I think he_had bad luck on the Wallamba[...]I heard , from a fall
from a cart. _Inever heard what became of his place, but I will
send ygu_the“address'of a man who, I heard, was a f[...],
Manning RiverJ'

gopy er a iéttéi fiém Jim_smith to me, dated Dec. 9th, 1910.
kHuntly.I9ih.D§¢i[...]untly a fort-
, night leader: East Will be Boxing Day. Tell Mrs. Jeffery and
An¥le_P9Pi?° Wrlte to me after you get this letter, & don't
. ggite any Yourself, I will let you know when we get settled
Wn again. I remain yours truly Jas. Smith."

7u

Re estate of Thomas Cook[...]ter from Alf.Eddefi, Minister for Mines,per C.F.Pit—
;man. Department of Mines, Sydney,6th Dec. l9l[...]ration, Trades
Hall, Newcastle._Safety Catches on Cages. Magazines for Explo-
sives. *
Sir, With reference to above_matters I am directed by the[...]f_which,‘
I was chairman) was held between representatives ofsthe,Colliery
Employees‘ Federation, t[...]ent of Mines, on the subject of safety-catches on cages. A
A copy of my report dated Oct. 23, 1902 is enclosed; also ex-
tracts from the report of a committee appointed by royal com-
mission on mines in Great Britain ln 1909. _
I am to add that the question of pr[...]ave the
honor to be your obedient servant, E._F, Pittman, Under Sec-
retary. _,_ _
Extracts From a Report of a Committee appointed by the royal
commission on mines to[...]Over 20 years have elapsed since the report
was written, but we ought to say that the hopes expressed[...]re are a few_such«
aPDliances which can be used with wooden or stee1_guides, & _
which are fairly effective under certain conditions,_but_none
of them in our experience are absol[...]not
aware of any safety-catch which can be used with wire rope gui-
des, & as we mention later in our[...]is country{ , ‘r ’ I ” 7' '
At a very small number of collieries safety catches are still
in use, &[...]nstances where they have
failed--for example, the cages at the Fogg colliery, where the
accident of the 4th October 1907 occurred, were fitted with
Owenls safety catchesn&.necessitated the use of s gpengisn rods
The acnidtnt was c[...]ne
sion rods; & the recommendation made by Mr. Redmayne, who in-
quired into the accident, was that the[...]be sacrificed in order
that chains might be substituted for rigid rods." ' ‘
Report of the oyal Com[...]1879 to

1886 . From page 35:— " In our opinion it is much better to

4
I[...]

Copy of Pittman's report of the Newcastle conference:-

, t t[...]he C.E. F. that legislation should be
introduced with a view to compelling the colliery owners to em-[...]. The principal points to be
noted in connection with this question are:—l. The safety catch M
is not compulsory nor is it in general use in either Great Brit-
ain or America,the 2 greatest coal producing cou[...]he
world. 2. Ihe_last Royal Commission in Great Britain on accidents?
inwmines“reported_against the[...]ly used in_metalliferous
mines,gbut_there the conditions are different to those in coll~
ieries. In me[...]where safety catches are employed,the shafts are fitted with
wooden guides,&, as a general rule, the speed of[...]most of theup- ~
tq-date collierses, are mostly fitted wit Awire or steel rope
guides, & no safety catch has yet_been shown to work satisfaotorf
ly with guides of this description.
£,_ 5.”lf”this[...]ements & replace their wire rope or steel guides withfi
wQQden_ones, at great expense, in order to in[...].che.s_,_the use of which has been condemned by British
royal commission & by the most eminent mining engineers & auth-
ors cf the day, Another royal commission is at present in -
guiring into the coal mining industry in »Great Britain, & its
?§P0?t Should cxxtainxlx ‘certainly be awaited before a law is
P%§§$d here Compelling mine owners to employ an appliance which
has hitherto been unfavorably regarded in those countries most
¢Xp6Ii€DO€d. in C°a1minin8- 7- It was urged at the conference
that the government s[...]ts of the so-called
Safety catches in the market with the object of'comnellin the
mineowners to adopt[...]em. The answer to this Eug-
be

- s ral taxpayer be0ause,1. Not a single

lifh' .
___e pa[...]

Copy of a letter from Jim Smith to_me:-

"Huntly, Nov. 28, 1910. Dear Joe, Irece[...]er & was
glad to hear you were keeping well. The pit is working very bad“
over here. We are going to[...]ft after Christmas. We are
only getting enough to pay our board. You can tell Jack he can
have the book—case for 2 pounds; I think it is worth it~7 we
could not do it under. Give me a copy of the list I left you;
also of what Mrs. Jeffery has bought, & what 01. owes us. If '
Jack takes the book-case you can send the money over; if not _
you had better keep it awhile. I wrote to Annie several times”
& never received an answer. You can tell O1 to pay what he can.
We can understand anyone in trouble-—we had enough of it our— .‘
selves. You told me to mention someone's name; so it will be
Charlie. I remain yours truly Jas. Smith. T

P.S. Get the trunk that I left at Mrs. Jeffery's,.& put the

- photos 8. thin s that are left in the book—case a. lock it up 3.

send the key enclosed) back to me. Address:- Mr. James Smith,‘
C/o Mrs. Redshaw, Huntly, Waikato District, Auckland."

Another letter from Jim Smith to me:—

"Balmain, 1/1/ll. Dear Joe, Just a fe[...]d to_hear we are in
Balmain. We landed here on Friday morning by the Wimmera from
New Zealand. A friend of Charlie got work & sent over for him.
He starts work on tuesday evening in the Balmain shaft. They
pay a good wage here, & it is constant work. I have not got wor
myself yet, but I don't think it will be long before I get _
started. Send what money there is for us as soon as possible as
I might have some tools to buy. It cost us a good bit ‘to get
over here again. when we were in Huntly[...]t let too many know_we are .
here as I don't want it to get about. Tell Mrs, Jeffery not to
say anythi[...]is is all this time. I'will*
now come to a close with best wishes to all. James Smith,3 ‘
Sorrie Street, Balmain, Sydney."

( Answered Jan. 3, 1911,)

Copy of a letter from J. Smith to me;- _

" Balmain, 4/l/ll. Dear Joe, I receiv[...]d next week. I think I will get on the coal. They may 11/- a
day on the coal for fifi 8 skips. Charlie sa[...]

appointed by the royal commission on,mines in Great Britain in

1909. A portion of the report is given fro[...]page 33 these words occur:-

" At”a very small number of collieries safety-catches are still

in nse, &[...]nstances where

they have failed-- for examplethe cages at Fogg's colliery,
where the_accident of 4th Oct.l907 occurred, were fitted

with Owenfs safety catches a necessitatei the use of suspen-
sion rods. The accident wa[...]h
those rods; & the recommendation made by Mr. Redmayne, who
inquired into the accident, was that the s[...]h ld b ‘f’ ' __
er that a chain might be gugstitfitgg foretfigc§igige%odn.9rd

In another part of Mr. Pittman's reply he said, "It .
was urged at the conferenc that the Gove[...]

Now, Sir, I am writing to ask you to do me the very great fafifo
favor of sending me the report of the royal commission which I
made the tests mentioned by Mr. Pittman. ,

And if you can inform me where Fogg's col[...]n there..I shall bg
very grateful. My object in writing to you is "to get sufficient
information to refute Mr. Pitsend

it at once. I am, Sir, yours respectfully & fraternally,

Josiah Cooking, Wallsend, N.S.W.."

Copy of a letter from Mr. F. J. Hillm[...]hand after some delay. I read your communication
git: vfiry great interest, & heartily concur with your:op1ni¢n'

f 3 t e humanitarian view of the necessity for the use Qf sag,

o y gages in coal mines sho[...]estion of expense ought not to be considergq when it
is balanced against human life. However, as the human side of
this matter it would be quite fatal for the game of Hiiiman to
appear at all. If the law making Safety-Cfltqhgsygompulsory

E: §ass§d,&it ought to be, then the firm must fight its own"

n Iin ependent of any communication that_may pass_from one to
anotier on the subject prior to[...]1n?TY: the parts must be oiled & kept in good conditionl— esp-
e0la11Y the springs. They neve[...]

I beli[...], will have some alt
teration to make in them to run safety gear, but do not think the
difficulty insuperable.

If you can take a run up to the Oakey Park colliery, Lithgow, _
you_wi1l see there a type of cage which I think may be adapted
to every shaft in N.S-W. Please direct[...]the
same time, & I will go to Ballarat & confer with my brother on
the business, & send you our ultimate conclusion as soon as
possible. Awaiting your reply, Yours faithfully,E.E. Hillman.
Please send also approximately the sizes of cages at present in ;
use—— their weight & method of construc[...]me,dated 9/2/1911:-

‘ "Mr. Josiah Cooking, Wallsend, N.S.W. Dear Sir,

3 In reply to yours of Jan .2[...]arest Government Agent for a copy of the report, with or

3 without evidence, Just as you desire, of the Royal Commission

g‘ on Mines in Great Britain; also of the Statistical Abstract of

i the lines Inspector's Reports, which is issued yearly. I would

1 send you the documents from here, but the cost of pos[...]lications are sold through the Govern—-

ment's Offices at their face value in N.S.W. it would be
cheaper for both of us for you to get them there.

The experiments

to which Mr. Pittman refers were carried through at the cost of t[...]ary."

the Mine Owners themselves

3 eir Hardie faithfully,

V7/9

Copy of a letter from Robert Dixon to mez-

" Turton Road, Georgetown,Har. 3, 1911. Mr. J. Cooking,[...]ese
few lines. Hy husband has been ruptured for a number of years.‘v
Seeing by the Newcastle morning pap[...].
has cured you completely of rupture, I am sure it would beyan §
extreme favor if you would kindly reply if it is a true fact;!
also if your rupture is of the s[...]. He has been wearing the steel
trusses to retain it. He tried Dr. Langton's remedye-supposed

to be a[...]cost me between four & five pounds. I do not mind what

the cost is if he could only get cured. Trusting[...]g to your family.

Address is Robert Dixon,Turton Road, Georgetown., Waratah."

(I had an interview with_Mr, Dixon-at his home.)

Copy of a letter from M[...]et, Ashfield,Mar. 6, 1911. Mr. J. Cooking, ,,
Wallsend. Dear Sir, I notice your name as being treated b[...]reatment.
If not asking too great a favor, kind1y_send me a line in ref— 4
erence to—— as I wish to_write to this firm myself.Thanking
ou in anticipation, Yours faithfully H. Way."
Answered Mar. 16, 1911.)[...]ewcastle 26th April,l9ll.
Mr. Josiah Cooking, Wallsend. Sir, I do myself the honour to
acknowledge rece[...]communication of 24th_instant,
Subject: iimexlmxt.Payment for time lost. Reply,_Ihe matter
has been ref[...]to be, Sir, Your obedient servant,J.C. Eldridge,
Officer in Charge." -

Copy of a letter from James ke[...]9th, 1911- _ o
J, Cgcking, Esq. Dear Sir, I am writing to you re Rice's rup

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J?

K):[...]ii

ture"cure:'
’from“the“*Sydney*Sun" that~it“has
¥been»a~snccess*in~your_case.Kindly
lettn[...]*the~*
remedy“be~Ubtatned"tn*oydneye+“for‘
it“seeme~a'lomgg way to send for it.
I see by the Catting that I can get
a_free trial~— & not to send any
money-- simply to fill in the cou-
pon——it_eeems strange to me to do
that—-I may as well send & get full
benefit. However, let me know what
yonflthink & how to go about it, &
you_will greatly oblige yours truly
James Duke[...]hglad_to_eee yon were all very

well at time of writing. Sorry I hav

kept you_so long, but the reason[...]your
father. I thought_he was dead long a
I think it_wae very wrong to leave
his money to a str[...]

yet: I am looking out for it. I should like to have a letter
,from Hrs. Willia[...]or of a regiment. If I were you, Josiah,I would
write to them. I should very much like to havea memorial card
if you can afford it. I am very glad to see that your sister
Elizabeth[...]that the times are very dull there, & we se
the pits have been closed, but we are glad to see that yo[...]mes here are very bad; &”we have had a very
wet Winter. It is awfully slack for trades peop1e.Ifiwill not
keep you so long next time waiting for an answer . Perry I kept
you so long. I am sending some cards for the children. I hope
these few[...]t the same—— he will never have any use J
for it. We both_join in send;ng our love to all. From your avers}
loving uncl[...].__ll

.,/‘

Copy of_a note from Mrs. Peterson, May 3, l9ll,;‘“”_ ”_ 4
u Dear sir, beeing by[...]the Rice method, wil1_you‘kind1Y.St&t3 whetheI.it 18 true, & I
what was the doctor's name that certified to the cure, & ob1lge,:
Mrs. F. Petersen , Hannel Street, Wickham. N.S.W.."

(nAnswered May 7, 1911-

§opy_of Tom Johnston's letter;-,

VSaint Helen's Street, Holmesville, West Wallsend, June 12,
l911,_Mr. & Mrs. Josiah Cooking. Dear[...]n .
you_asked,me'to get. I had not forgotten, but_it seems to be 1
rather difficult to get, through fear of consequences, or some
other bogy. On the other hand its no use Oakum's Razor asking
for the information ddirect, because he hould simply not get
it. Therefore I wrote the questions out & sent them to likely
individuals. One chap gave me the[...]rmation for old
Seaham has failed me up to the present, & I am having a lookfl
around for someone else. I do not want to appear in it because
the officials would think I had some ulterior motive, or would

perhaps refuse it. Seaham number.2 I reserved for m own
own lnqdlI}eS, & with the assistance of the checkwelg man I

su[...]

to my own satisfaction. _ _ .
office-since last Friday., Do you think I deviate any or much[...]ed‘? lF°r'mYS€1f i do n0t
seem to, & if I do it is unconsciously, When I wrote ln_r§P1Y

to Joseph Longworth I was a little irritated, & waited until the
following morning to let it wear off, but-without success,
However, it will never do to funk over_it, fhe people as a.
whole are terribly ignoranfidof ‘their position in the working wc
world, & although.it is only a short time since the position

was little_understood by myself. _

I am hungry for information & the power to impart it to my fel-
low workers. Our owners have been work[...]out this
way lately, & yet we dare not take a holiday in ignorance of

what to-morrow may bring forth. There is always the scrap-heap
waiting_for us at last. , _ - _ , .

What do you thinkn of the weekly wage busness ? It seems an im-
possible innovation to me; desirable[...]ry
quickly. The colliery proprietors might accept it, as it seems

to me it would play into their hands. If they do some will have
to quit. Trusting you are all well, same as ourselves, ex[...]ly, 2C_seconds, Time of men get-
tingMin_&.out_9f cage, 30 seconds. Rope guides,3 to each cage &

2 clearance guides between the cages,_ Two cages in_the shaft
carrying 2-skips.of coal each, ,, i.
SEAHAM, NUMBER 2 OOLLIERY. Depth of shaft 632 % feet} Diameter[...]OWid?lKe?):lS?@¢1_rail guides,T pattern, to each cage, both

9n one side, centre of shaft clear of obstructions hTwo cages
lQ_§h€_Sh@ft_Qa?TYing 2 skips_of coal each.v[...]stle to Adamstown‘ g‘have no time
§XQ§P?_Sundays, to_travel; & as l have left the nits (I hope‘ ’f v
f9x.ever) I have n0_opn9rtunity to get the Colliery Em lgyeesl Fed

move[...]

the time of men getting into & out of cages, but assume ,
the time will be much the same in all pitith:~

"To Mr. J. Cooking, High Street, Pittown, Wallsend.MM _
Gipps Street, Balmain, July 6, 1911. Kindly[...]n we were up there. We _
had so much to do in so little time. Everything is going on the
same as usual down here, excepting this week. The mine has.only
worked 2 days on account of bad weather. All of us are keeping
well, as this letter leaves us at present. I had a very bad
dose of influenza,'but-I have got over that all right. Write

& let me know how things stand as soon as it is convenient

for you to do so. I will now draw to a close wishing you every?
happiness. Yours faithfully , Jae. Smith.” V - ‘
( Answered July 16, 1911.) -

Copy o[...]od, I would 1ike_to_hear f
from you as to whether it is a permanent cure, or if you feel
any effects of it, & how long it is since you have been cured,
as I would like to give it a trial. I have a small rupture, but
it is only a few months since I noticed it, & my doctor advises,
me to be operated on, but I don't like the idea of it if it
can_be cured by the Rice method. I would think it a great favor
if you could write me of your cure. I am yours resp. F.E.Hud—
son[...],_, _
"Saint Helen's Street, Holmesv l1e,West Wallsend, July 11,
1911. Mr. & Mrs. J._Cocking, De r Frie[...]u give me-a contract in getting the weight.of

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cages & their mode of construction, & I am afraid it wogld not
be possible to get the information because, in the firs place,

it will be office information; & if I were to make inquir[...]

,.,

2 _w_ .m; . ., TAhVT’“a45A “xi 75 ~5 *~;5it-;*7~ :3}--»
of likely in£orman_s*their Iipséwogldiciose with e.snap like
‘a ratétrap; But there was a way to get an approximate estimate
of the weight of cages. I had to 1ook.up my authorities-

I remember Mr. May used to tell us when calculating the size

of a_w[...]d vertical, as up a shaft, & hauling

is to bring it along a horizontal or inclined éroadcage_weighs about

twd thirds of the load of full tubs.; a steel.cage abet half of:
its iced; this is all that is needed for anygcalcula[...]considered good practice in mining circles, In addition to the of
cage_ is the chain, which appears to be about 5 or 6 cwt. to ;
each cage. It would be safe, in making calculation, to use steel,
cages, which are the usual practice now,as they are less deadi ‘
weight; &,if it should come out that a cage is rather heavier
than is allowed for in the above estimate:— heavier than a cage

" may actually be,-gmthen that is in your favor, as it will give w

more power_&_greater strength, which[...]nna table I have this comes_out very clearly; but cage;
s_a bit lighter than allowed above. . ;
Of course cages with more than one deck would be proportionately?

li[...]ve everything in the hands of the Labor
?arty. “It would be interesting to know how many shares the[...]ermain miners’ meeting a notice of motion to split the
miners‘ federation into 3 unions,namely Newcastle coalfield;
Maitland& Teralba series. Now what do you think of a thing like7
that ?, It is a great pity the Industrial Workers of the World
is only in the_propaganda stage. If it had a large membership
th§¥e mlghtghave been a chance of launching it inits concrete fo
rmjas an Industrial. Union pledged to its own politics.
trial Unlghism must never be allowed to affiliate with any in-
d€P§9Qe9?_HP°11t;cal body. That would spell ruin to.the work-
ers“ Qause. It_is political parties that are putting workers

on the rocks. I have_no faith in the executive officers of the

§8%e%%€tS%1%8¥'&T¥Et iédeiatitfiuit t 2asit%gm%s£i1ggn,a,vt1ai lgége
- ‘ J._ ,_
enough Arbitration & wages Boards now; you bet ! The ne[...]

y chance to rub it in sometimes. There is many a chance to get[...]~out~Wades*fiadefiinrevery respectiral} a
under it the executive officers of a trades union will become

do that for their class, & it will be a necessary sacrifice.
In England any number of ministers & parsons~have gone to jail
rather than pay what they termed an unjust education rate; &
we have m[...]of Bathurst/»treet.
Mcllroy told Tom Hoare last Pay Saturday in Newcas 1e; & as
they were great chums there may be some truth in it. Peter's
star has gone down all right 2 .j_

Ihad the last word with Longworth in the paper whether that
goes for any[...]ur

most able Socialists out this way the possibility of press
propaganda, When the Opposition is showing things up it is only
Justice_to show both sides, although I marvelled a bit at the_
length of time the discussion went on; I[...]but did not; &.I will have a ’

into the press with our doctrine. If I had not Longworth I
would hav[...]hing of Socialism until a nephew in _
England got sending literature; & you urged me_to come out as
a_writer to the paper;I only hope wititing to you
through reading an advertisement in the Newcastle Horning H
Herald re a cure_for rupture, where it stated “that you were
one of a number of persons cured by the Rice method. I_now wrim
to you hoping that you will be kind enough to write me about
your cure, as_I am a young carpenter afflicted with this com-
plaint, & am now wearing a'truss» I am naturally anxious to
get cured as soon as poss ible. It is a scrotal rupture,-_,
Now, sir, as you have re[...]nt cure I am_sure that
you will_be_kind enough to send me particulars_of your case &
the Rice cure. By[...]r on me; Yours res ectfullyg William Atkins, Post Office,
Hinton} via Morpethi 1 th July. 1911.[...]

i you might send him a few lines to the hospital; it would neln to
cheer him. He seemed very downhearted‘yesfi§IdaY- P?t9f B0W11n§ _
is going to see him on Sunday. It is Killing for hlm.o?‘h§V€ .o L
be there whe[...]o much worn to be done, ; now there is so
much excitement in the Labor ranks. I must say that shut away

in the Little Bay hospital is one of the truest & best iriends
the working[...]to help fight tnell battles. 3 now

; few realise it 1 I often think when I am sitting alone witn.

‘ ‘him at the hospital, he has suffered want of every kind, & is

now[...]o the class

he loves too much; for if he had not run himself down in body
probably he would not have felt the_injury to the knee; for it
was not until he had been 10 days in bed suffering with catarrh
of the throat W a general breakdown. That was what our house
doctors both said, the sickness flew to ‘he knee. He had only

a couple of weeks gave it a knockgng, but never felt any effects“
until he had_been days in bed. I trust you & your family are
keeping in good healthe. Remember me kindly to Mrs. Cooking.
With kini regards I remain yours sincerhfiy A. Holla[...]nd's "Life".

I

Oopy of a letter from Jim Smith to me:~

' ‘Ultimo 3/9/11. Mr. Josiah cooking.[...]our letter as you asked me to
do. I only received it this morning. I left Balmain a month ago.
I think[...]gards to the house.

I am sorry to hear that the pits are working badly up there.

work is pretty plentiful down here. charlie & I have got out

of the pit at last, & we mean to keep out. We Just got out of it i
in time; they have worked very badly since we l[...]- per
hour,& extras for all overtime. I have been off work all this

2 week: I have been bad with influenza. Everybody seems to have

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I had a home for her to go to. so I told him[...]respons ble for her
About a week later I had a visit from a constable, & I gave hflmvs
all particulars & why she was put there. I also visited Mrs.
Dunbar & told her she could have her within a week. He told me,
he gave a very satisfactor[...]et her out under any oon—.
sideration. I blame either my Aunt or Bella for doing it.

I wish you would give me a bit of advice concerning the matter.

I don't intend to give it up yet. I will find out who has etop--
ped her fr[...]ve her my new address so she will know where
to write to. I think this is all the news, so I will draw to a
close with best wishes to you all. I remain yours sincerely

Jas. Smith C/o Mrs. R. Ware, 342 ,corner of Bulwarra Road &
Macarthur étroet, Ultimo, Sydney.”

Copy of[...]ll. When I learned
that he was going into the hospital to be operated on I was
greatly worried for fea[...]e an experience like mine.
I have had 24 weeks of it now. It is good to know that the
doctor's idea of the trouble being a tuberculous growth was
wrong. It is also nice to know that he is being treated so
well. Since my stay in Little Bay hospital I have a great re-

,spect & admiration for the[...]ick. Give Joe our best wishes & tell him I shall

it t hi i h tl . M thank f '
:3 m§aeir. §r§§as31[...]ren°3o?§ Egifi g3?dh¥$§h§§at
Jog will be quite well very soon. curslyery s ncere y,

I[...]

‘again. The “Coast” will always seem to[...]massage
establishment ) who said he'd probably write to you. His ideas
& yours hrs much similar. He i[...]only cause of the long delay has been
length. To run it into 2 issues would largely destroy its ef-
fect—- & between Lithgow & the wharf strike & the Senate Debate
on our Manifesto I have been nearly off my head at times to
devise ways to get a maximum[...]er the "Third" as possible.
Many thanks for our criticism of verse. I published it sooner
than I ought to ave done. One generallyi— scrawls these things
off in a hurry—- & its not good to fling them into print with-
out severe revisions. It is only quite recently that I discov-
ered that I could write anything in the way of verse. I sat
down one night-—some months ago—- it was near midnight & I was
feeling quite gloomy & a little dispirited, tired, worn out, &
all that sort of thing: & a[...]to me of how sweet a
thing Death neuldx must be-~with the eternal rest that it
brings. I started to writit poetry ). ” I
Glad gzixso you liked. the letter to Pring the ttreublteis-H in
writing that sort of thing is is gpggk the truthplainl[...]I can't afford to get back to Jail if I can avoid it.
when I got ill the paper was making magnificent progress. It
held its own splendidly while I was away; but if I had no[...]keep out of our way I have great hopes of making

it b th d‘ h 1. . -
ma szztaty 3;. .%..":§.e2~a..[...]his eatswn
Do you see the "Telegraph "? Last Saturday*wéek Hughes, in

794

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Copy of May Hickman's letter:-

"37 Jersey Road,Woolahra, Sydney, 19th Mar. 1912.

Dear Mr[...]hysically, ment-
ally, & morally in proportion as it is understood. It is neither
auto-hypnotism nor auto-suggestion, quite the opposite. It
teaches the government & supremacy of one univers[...]end you to earnest-
ly study the Ssrxptnrexrssms literature, some of which I am
sending you with this.The best to read if you can get hold of

it is the text book "Science & Health With Key To The Scrip-
tures", by Mary Baker Eddy. I[...]ne in the lib-
rary at Newcastle if you could get it. ,

I have not seen Mr. Holland for some time,but[...]ink-
ing of him lately. I would like to see him quite restored to

health & strength again. With kind wishes, sincerely yours,
May Hickman." (Answered May 27, 1912.) .

I have not[...]e,& he was very wel1,but
his wife has been in hospital 4 weeks with bad legs. Robert is t
only one that writes. I never hear from your uncle Billy's fam-
ily.[...]do the same for me as he used to do-~that
was to send me a present every Christmas. But I never hear from
them since they have buried a son & daughter.

You said you will send me a copy of the photo of your brother
Bob & his wife. I should very much like to have it. Don't for-
get. Your sister Elizabeth Jane promised me her & her husband's
photos, but I have never got it. Give them our love. I should
think Elizabeth Jane could write a letter for her father. I
should like to have a[...]hat Walter & myself are fair
1y well at time of writing. It is awfully bad times here on acc-
ount of the coa[...]al is
2 shillings a hundred; & we don't know when it will end.
Christmas is past & gone. We had spent a very quiet one. It is
nothing like it used to be. «alter has caught a bad cold some-
where. We will now close with best love from your ever—loving
aunt & uncle.[...]to your wife & brothers & sister.
Tell them to write. Good bye.Kisses for the childrenxxxxxxxxxxxx.[...]y of Lottie Slone's letter to mez-

"Broken Hill, May 23, 1912. My dear Cousin, Just a few lines in
ans[...]t-
ter by the time this reaches you. We are all quite well up here

Just now. Dear Cousin. you say you are in the has ital, which I
am very sorry to hear. What has been the matter with you ?

We are having real dry weather up[...]

1 next pay day. I will send you it then. I hope you wont keep me
waiting so long for an answer as I have kept you. So,trusting to
hear from you soon I will now close with my fondest love to one

& all. I remain your loving cousin, L. Slone."

(Answered June 11, 1912. Photos sent to Lottie Slone:- Our family
group with Nelly Petti rew; Bobby's memorial; Walter by him[...]ick,
Government Printer. Mr.°Josiah Cooking, "allsend, N.S.W.“

( Letter sent to Melbourne Aug. 4th, 1912.)

“spy of a lette[...]king, I suppose you are like many more, wondering
what the trouble is between the Executive & Harry. Wel[...]y close enough to hear the full facts, but I will
send you some correspondence that will-stagger you when I get
it back from Al1man,Harry's good friend that has always had a
cheering word for him in his sickness. I sent him the circular
to read, along with Harry's reply to that scab Denford.
Winspear & J[...]ame so that you can blow them up)-
Rouse; James; Witmore, & Druhmel-— those are the most important
o[...]see the
circular & Harry's reply. I hope you will send Winspear &nx
Jorgenson a letter that will make them wonder what hit them.
All their dirty work they have been-[...]

up & walked out of the meeting along with Allan, but came back

by request. The scab eleme[...]ery slight & short, but he has that same true spirit & noble
principle that his Dad has. He defended h[...]ere is any spark of manhood in one of those -

traitors they will not do other than admire his pluck &[...]ung woman that lives nsaxtdoor to,us if

she knew what was the trouble or dispute in_the ranks of the I.[...]a saw the council notes; a for that reason I
am writing to some of Harry's old friends to let them know.

I have written several letters this week. Harry has been too[...]work, but I didn't know then of
the circular they sent out. The acting editor admitted to the
meeting that he,Denford, & Jorgenson sent it out. You can guess
how worried we all have been o[...].S. Please excuse this sscrawl. I detest letter writing & have
a happy knack of leaving out words, making it difficult to un-
derstand my letters.“ '[...]py of my letter to J.Russe11:-

"High Street, Wa11send,N.S.W. Oct. 9th, 1912.

To Hr.J. Russel, secreta[...]& Comrade, This is a private letter, which I am
writing for a dnhlsx double_purpcse; firstly to let you know
that I sincerely sympathise with you in your trouble over

being vvctLsed victimi[...]. I suffered in
the same waye years ago, & I know what it is to be thrown out

of work for battling for the[...]vide for the compulsory use of safety-catches on cages in which

"7‘5’*f

more information than I at present possess on the matter.
Amongst other things,I wi[...]in your district, &, if so, where they are used,
what kind of safety—catch is used, & whether they work-sat-
isfactorily or not. Also what kind of guides or runners they
work on—— iron, steel ropes, or wood. I am only acquainted
with 2 kinds of safety catches~— Hancock's & Hi11ma[...]mation. I would also be much obliged if you
would send me Peter Bow1ing‘s address. Kindly reply as so[...]ige Yours sympathetically Josiah cocking, =

'Wa11send, N.S.W."

Copy of my letter to the Government printer:-

fiwallsend, N.8.W., Oot.9, 1912. To the Govt. Printer.
Gove[...]the compulsory use of safety—catohes
on mining cages in which miners descend & ascend, I would
be muc[...]you would kindly let me know as sod
n as possible what is the price of the Mining Act in which
the use o[...]N.S.W. stamps are of no use
to you. However, when sending for theAct required I will
enclose extra post[...]age 3.

Copy of my letter to Tom Gibson:-

“wallsend, Oct. 13,1912. To Mr. Thomas Gibson, 32 Parry
St[...]national Socialist" came in
very handy to me, for it gave me your address. I am very
glad to see that you are still alive & kicking against
Capitalism, & hope your labors will be rewarded with suc-
cess. But that is not what I am writing this for.

As you probably know,I have been al[...]ecently I brought the
matter on again by a motion sent to and passed by the O.E.F.
Edden wriggled, & hinted that he would have to withdraw his
Bill. As I hear that safety oatch[...]

es used ?.

2. How[...]c atches been used in West Aus

tralia ?. ’

3. What aret the names & addresses of safty catches ma

k[...].Have they ever failed to grip when necessary ?

.What is the usual speed of winding with men on .?

9.Have any lives been saved through the use of safety

catches ?.10.What is the price of a cages with catches

11. Is the same cage used for winding ore & men ?

12. What weight will the safety catches hold ?.

13. Do th[...]eep is the deepest shaft where they are used?

1b.What kind of skids or guides are used in W.A ?

1?. How are wire ropes tested when in use 7» I
18. In what countries are safety catches used ?
If you cannot[...]aps you know someo *
one who can; &¢if so kindly send me his name & address. 0
I am writing to Jabez Dodd,the secretary of the Boulder
min[...]! RIBBON. Copy of my letter to'Jab'ez Dodd:—

"Pittown, Wallsend, N.S.W. Oct. 13, 1912. To Mr. Jabez Dodd,
Miners[...]ovide for the compulsory use of safety catches
in cages. I was speaking with Mr. Robert Stephens yesterday,m_
he advised me to write to you for the information that I requir
If you[...]stralia where safety saxahx catches. are used,
on cages in which miners descend & ascend; & ascen[...]

as fully as possible:— ’ '

1. At what mines in W.A. are safety catches used ?_

2.How long have safety catches been used in W.A 7 .

3. What are the names & addresses of makersof s.catthes i[...]he use of catchesc compulsory by law in W. A. ?
9.what is the usual speedmasx of winding with men on ?
1o.What is the price of a cage with catches complete 7
ll.Is there a separate cage used for winding men——& ore ?
12.What weight will the catches hold ? '
13. Do they ofte[...]deep is the deepest shaftwhere they are used ?
lb.What kind of skids are used—-ropes, rails, or wood ?
17. How are winding ropes tested when in use ?
18. In_what countries are safety catches used ?
This_is a very big order, but I trust you will not find it too
hard to answer. If you are unable to answer a[...]ddress of someone who is able to do
so. Of course whatever you write will be secret & safe with me,‘
& your name will be witheld unless you desire me to divulge it.
Hoping to hear from you shortly, I remain yours shncerely
Josiah Cockiing ."

éopy of my letter written in reply to Tom Johnson's letter in
the "Newcastle Morning Herald":- Wallsend, ct. 17, 1912.

To the Editor, Sir, In reply to the question asked by mr. T.[...]ylor's shaft,which is about 700 fathoms deep, the cage in
which the miners are lowered & raised is a sep[...]ther from the one in which the ore is raised. The cage,or
man—gig as it is called there, is only Heed to send the employee
s down the shaft in the mornings &[...]up in the after-
noons. When the miners have been sent down, the man—gig is slid
out of the way by a pair of hinged skids or guides, the rope is
taken off & is shackled on to the skip or cage that is used to
raise the ore. This conveyance has no safety catches on it; con-

sequently the speed of winding is not interfered with.

This method could be adopted at the collieries[...]one or 2 minutes are required to take the safety cage

off & put the ordinary cage on. It seems very strange that an

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8.Is their use compulsory in Tasmania ?

.what is the usual speed of winding with men in the cage ?

73%

l1.Is the same cage used for winding men & ore ?

12. What weight will safety catches hold ?

13. Do they of[...]. How are winding ropes tested when in use ?

16. What kind of skids are used at Mt.Lyell mine ?

l7.Are the catches expensive to keep in-repair‘?

18. In what countries are safety catches used &

'This_is a v[...]ide for the compulsory use of safety—oatches on
cages in which miners are lowered or raised in the min[...]far I have been almost alone in this matter, but it is
now necessary for me to get assistance in the[...]rmation on the subject than I now possess. As you may be will-
ing & able to help me I am writing this to ask you will kindly
answer the followi[...]ng letter.)

Of course the questions deal mostly with your district; but if
safety catches are not use[...]referred me to you & gave me your
address. I am writing to everyone who is likely to help to bring
about the reform I aim at; & I intend to do my very best, with othe
ers, to acheive my object. Of course if you do not desire to have i
it known that you have assisted me I will not divulge your name:
you may safely depend on me in that matter.

If the cages are not in use in your district you would greatly assi
ist us by sending a notice of motion to your district worded li[...]for the compulsory use
of safety—catches on all cages on all cages in which persons de-
scend or ascend in the coal mines of this State ." It is the Sub-
stance of the motion I sent to our C.E.fl.; & it was adopted unan-

A im°u31Y. Trusting th[...]

Copy of letter from J. Cohen, Victori[...]elbourne, 15th Oct. 1912. Mr. Josiah
cocking, Wallsend, N.S.W. °ir, In reply to your letter of the 9
i[...]I beg to-
inform you that the Mines Act of 1904 (number 1961) provides for.
the use of safety catches in mines. This Act may be purchased
from the Government Printer at the price of 1/3. I am7sending to"
you, under separate cover, a copy-of the[...]ights,0ct. 19th, 1912. To Mr. Josiah Cooking, Wallsend.
Dear Sir, I beg to acknowledge receipt of your[...]ely thank you for your kind wishes in connection with the
trouble I am now in through no fault of my o[...]ore to him than money; & in the end I _
will have what is more to me than everything e1se,name1y a clear
conscience & the good will of my comrades.

In connection with your other request re the safety—oatches used
at the different mines, I may state that all the co lieries on .
this coast are tunnels, with the exception of South Clifton & Hel
ensburgh, & I have not worked in either; but if you were to write
to Andrew Kirkwood, miner, he may be able to give yo; some info
tion. I showed your letter to Mr. Peter Bowling, who is at presen
the Sssrstaryx General Secretary of this Associat[...]ld
me to give you his address so that you could write to him if you
wished. The following address will[...]eneral Secretary,Woonona, Douth Coast.“

I will send you a copy of the local paper with a report of my_
case, so that you can see for yourself what reason I was dissmiss
for, & what is going to be done nthe Matter.

Again thanking[...]trusting you will be
successful in your efforts with regard to the safety—catohes to h
used on all shafts, I remain,°ir, Yours faithfully, James Russel
Sec. Illawarra Colliery, Moun[...]tfie %n§%%&at1°n you require. If you were to write to

Vuo

office. I am glad to inform you that we are gradually[...], & are hopeful that intime the old feelings of resentment

will be gone. Thanking you for kindly inter[...]Dodd:-

"Western Australia. Colonial secretary's Office, Perth.20th Oct.
1912. Bear Sir, Your letter a[...]nion, Boulder, has been forwarded to me by the
present secretary. It is now some 18 months since I relinquished
that position, but I will endeavor to secure the information[...]you when you were in the Wallaroo
Mines._I will write to you more fully when I get the information

which.you desire. With kind regards, Yours faithful1y,J.E.Dodd
Honorary Minister." ’

Copy of a[...]I hope you have got a good heart. I
should have written to you before, but I was waiting for the
memorial card. I am glad to tell you that we received it all
right, & I think she is looking very nice. It is the first we
ever saw like it. We thank you very much for it.

Dear Josiah, when you have been under the operation will you
write & let us know now you are getting on ? We shall be anx-
ious to know. Do you know how it happened 7 I have missed
your mother very much—— the only sister that used to write to
me. xou had a good mother. She worked hard to bring you up.

It would be very hard if anything happens to you. I[...]family, nor John's. I had a letter

A. Crawford,Editor, "Voice Of Labor", P.O. Box lb39,Johannesburg,

{&E£um Robert; he has been bad with rheumatics. Robert has only
two children at home[...]hers are married. I hope
you will never forsake writing to us while you live, for we are-
always waiting to get a letter from you. r
Tell Mrs. Williams[...]father. I hope
he is well. We have had a very hot summer; & now it is winter,&
it is very cold. We cannot expect any other now, it is nearly
Christmas. I am glad to tell you that we are both fairly well
at time of writing; but work is very slack. We are sending you
a Christmas card each for the children,&[...]ove.

No more news. I must now. I must now close with love from your
ever loving Uncle & Aunt. Wishing you a merry Christmas & a
happy new year. Write soon & let us know how you are getting on.
Kisse[...]tter;%

" Western Australia. Colonial Secretary's office, Perth.3rd
Dec. 1912. Mr. J. Cooking, Pittown, Wallsend, N.S.W.

Dear Sir, Enclosed you will find reply[...]copy
of our Mines Regulation Act, from which, you may obtain much
useful information.Yours faithfu1ly,J.E.Dodd."

"Mines Department,office of the State Mining Engineer, Perth,
30th Nov.[...]M.L.G., Honorary Minister,-
Colonial Secretary's Office, Perth. Sir, In reply to your ietd
ter of the[...]he following replies to the questions
therein: 1. Cages & skips used in vertical shafts in W.A. for
rais[...]ty detaching hooks. Those used in inclined shafts may have
to be similarly provided_when required by th[...]ing no satisfactory_type of catch on
the market suitable for use in inclined shafts it has not been
customary to require them.

2. Safet[...]ry foundry supplying mining material makes
safety cages. There are a great number of different types, some
patented, others not so protected. A large number of safety

cages are described & compared in Reports of Ro[...]

Qolonial Secretary's Office,
PERTH.-'

Sir,

In reply to your letter of 28[...]following replies to the questions therein:~

1. Cages and skips used in vertical shafts in w.A. for ra[...]ty detaching hooks. Those used in inclined
shafts may have to be similarly provided,"when required
by t[...]o
very satisfactory type of catch on the market suitable
for use in inclined shafts it has not been customary to
require them.

2. Safet[...]ry foundry supplying mining material
makes safety cages. There are a great number of dif-
ferent types, some patented, others not so protected.

A large number of safety cages are described and compar-
ed in Reports o[...]

feet a minute when winding rock[...].

9. Prices are very various, according to size, number of
decks, and nature of fittings. Cages for the smaller
metalliferous mines may be got for about £30 new. Any
foundry will give[...]t trucks of
ore are commonly loaded into the same cageitable for carrying ore.

ll. The catches and skids[...]grip must be proport-
ioned to the weight of the cages and loads to be carried
which may be from a few hundredweight up to 5 or 5 tons.
Those for cages intended to run at higher speeds must be
strong enough to resist[...]n 12 involves a certain amount of regular expen-
diturefor labour and material.

la. The deepest shaft[...]sed in this
i State. In inclined shafts the skips run on railway

- rails of various dimensions proport[...]maximum gross working load inclusive of weight of cage
or skip and rope.

The copy of the M.R.Act 1906 and Regulations here-
with will show your correspondent the statutory requi[...]e other Questins

«could have been obtained quite readily by consulting a good

“My. ’.

ore are commonly loaded into the same cages which are used for
carrying men at other times.[...]for carrying men,axxatharxximesx which are

not suitable for carrying ore.

11. The catches & skids on which they grip must be proportioned
to the weight of the cages & loads to be carried, which may be
from a few hundredweight up to 5 or b tons. Those for cages inten
dad to run at higher speeds must be strong enough to resist[...]ion
12 involves a certain amount of regular expenditure for labor

& material. , ~

14.The deepest sha[...]used in this State.
In inclined shafts the skips run on railway rails of various
dimensions pro[...]

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Copies of extracts sent by Jabez Dodd from W.A.:~ §
“Says the "Sun":[...]re manly speech or one des-
erving a fuller publicity than that delivered by the Hon. Jabez
Dodd,M.L.G[...]trouble between the engineers & the f
mineowners. It was by no means Mr. Dodd's first appearance as a[...]nism on the goldfields. Labor's 4
best friend isxxith us as well as its staunchest champion never {
knew a man who could bit harder or straighter", said a representai
ive of the Chamber of Minesfi but I have never dealt with a fair-
er or more upright man." _ p 5
Perhaps,[...]iment a
to Mr. Dodd than any paid him by his constituents when he be— 5
came a Minister. But there w[...]ia~— & that rings none the less truly because 3
it is heard so seldom. Mr. Dodd said, in effect, that sooner
than see Labor back down on its own creation ——the Arnitration
Court, he would resignn his seat in Parliament, & his position i
in the Labor Movement,& nobody who heard him could have doubted?
his sincerity. For the good advice Mr. Dodd induced the engine[...]The speaker

showed his thorough knowledge of conditions underground & how _
keen is his sympathy for[...]who voted
against the measure or sought to amend it could hardly have done
so with clear consciences after listening to the speech-— unless
indeed they sadly lacked intelligence & feeling. It is lament-
able to have to record that in the Lab[...]eer at & would down him had a fracti
of his commonsense & sympathy for the workers, Labor would[...]

the very best of health, as it leaves Walter & myself. I am
very glad to see tha[...]orry to hear of my cousin John
Williams’ death. It is a very sad case. I suppose they were

too old[...]last
wrote. If you have heard from uncle Robert write & let me know.
I don't know the reason they have not written to me. I think
Billy's family are very unkind[...]e a
letter from Robert & John._Robert promised to send me his wife's
photo: I am waiting to see her.

like to have one, & one from your[...]by now she is better.

Trade is very slack at present. I hope your leg is well by this
time. I hope yo[...]reated like they,

Ought to be. I hope you will write to me always. I will write
to you for the sake of your Mother.

I must now close with fondest love from "
. your ever-loving Aunt
& Uncle,Grace & Walter Perkyns. Write soon." (The writer, Mabel

Harry, wishes to be remembered t[...]

the[...]he went mad, but he never signed his » i
name to it,& the Government wants to claim the property; but[...]tor down there said he is in his right mind to do it now,& -*

that he is able to come out;so Mother i[...]or aged men. He feels more contented in
there. We sent for him to be taken out. _ .
My dear nephew is d[...]28th of Oct.,& his father:
is dead _l2 months to-day -the 4th of November. And poor old I
grandmother[...]. Trezise that I know, from Kadina. Mother
thinks it must be one of her sons. I will let you know when I
write again. I will send you one of our dear Fred's photos as
soon as I get one taken off.

Trusting to hear from you soon, I still remain[...]tralia.) P.S. My younger sister has got a lovely little dau—
ghter,5 weeks o1d.She is called Edna Violet May Norris. My addr-I
ess is Mrs. H. Slone, Chapel Street, offsend,Oot. 28, 1912.
To Mr. & Mrs. Josiah Cooking. Dea[...]you that we are very %
much alive & kicking at present. I am pleased you like the photo.
I struck pover[...]——strong enough, in fact, to do light work if it could be Q
found of a suitableé nature, but it wont get coal yet awhile. I “
got the Accident Fund al1owance-- an accumulation of 26 weeks,

& just as it was decided that I should have it I went to Tas— j
mania after a Job thatwouldd-have been suitable if I had been «r
successful, but it was otherwise, so I had to come back. I found I
that the money was passed for payment, & owing to me being away

was to be a final payment, Of course, I wanted to remain on un~
til I got suitable_work or got into some way of making a living;

& through my political friends of the Political Labor League on

T
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the Accident Committee, I was humbugged about, -have tohgi a
be examined by Dr. J. Harris on_wednesday, % I HPDOSG t a
means "no more money", & "[...]? 3??‘
lied for light work but am unable to get it. Fancy 3 Soclallst
being considered in any way 1. ___
Now, in connection with the the subject of safety catches which
are in u[...], I believe, & are compulsory for
winding men—- what does it matter to us what the cost of intro-
duction into our coal mines may be; the greaer the cost tge f
greater the safety as.a rule, at least in theie things. ithsa -
ety catches could be introducedd at a cost o[...]not as safe. There is one in use in Englanu-- no, it s
an appliance to prevent overwinding. I have some iniormatisn at
home here, but finding it is a job, I am in favor of absolute
safety in all[...]gardless of
cost.Life & health first of all-- profits last. And from the
point of view of a Socialist profits take ngfi place.
Profits mean the exploitation of the working class; therefore
I decline to hunt around for cheap appliances for the Capitalist
class. It is sufficient for me that these appliances can be had
& are actually in use. Look at the Mount Lyell affair--it was
simply murder—-actual brutal murder. The men went on strike
against the unsafe condition of the mine;& I understand this
was the first[...]down;d
when e wen up to he ee e oun on ire rushe
off to let the boss know; & it was an hour after before any
attempt.was made to[...]themsel-
ves by that time. And, would you believe it ? there was only 1
shaft to the mine & only one means of exit, & that was the shaft.
There was a tunnel but it had fallennin & was closed & no one 1
could get out that way, &.it had been in that state for months
& the miners had remonstrated against the condition & ultimately
wen on strike. The Government inspectors are the same all over—-
they are scions of the Ga italist e stem & tools thereof & as
a consequence are very cageful not to touch profits, dividends,
§tc.,§urse thifi zénd it ieegs that the working class, in the
ump, ave no[...]s.d., notgprin—
ciple. I have been for having a run in to see you but have not
been able through sche[...]eans of earning a living.
There was an ad lm Saturday's paper- for a night watchman--
::;:C$eaov:;i5O &[...]an applicationn but don't
HY _ Hg. is poss e t at it is a 30 - a week Job
for man & wife to do the c1eaningetc.; 0 good to Thomas at that
rate. However, I may hear about it. T sting you are all A.1,

We remain yours[...]

for wrath; & to let Harry's best friends know what has been done;
not that I wanted to take part in the fight any more than to
write them a letter that would have a good influence.[...]had done something like that they would not have
sent out such a lying attack as Denford's letter was.[...]utsiders‘ hands. One of the members said he saw it in an
outsider's hand in one of the cook shops. I[...]ary. I forgot to say that Harry has accepted q position
position in New Zealand. I am selling our few sticks, &[...]Copy of a note from Cuthbert Richardson:—

"wallsend, Dec. 30th, 1912. Mr. Josiah Cooking. Sir, When it is
convenient for you to go to Dr. Bean take this letter with you
& give it to him. Yours etc._G. Richardson, sec. to Wallsend
Miners‘ Accident Relief Committee."

Copy of letter from Tom Johnston:-

"St. Helen's Street, Holmesville, West Wallsend, dec. 30, 1912.
Mr. & Mrs. Josiah Cooking. Dear Friends. Your letter to hand.I

am not going to say it was welcome, because it was not,simply
because of the news it contains. I was pleased to hear from you
all the same because it shows some little improvement. You & I,
Joe, must have killed a[...]so did Tom Batho who was here on a week—end visit, & I X
can assure you he looked it. However, it is said misfortunes
never come singly,& yours have had the average family this year._
Let us hope it is the last, & Fate has something better in store[...]t year. I am pleased to say I have work to start with '
next year & be my own master, as far as a man can be under the
Capitalist system. I have got a hawker's or pedd1ar's 1[...]& I intend to make a start as early .
as possible.It is dated from Jan. 1 to Dec. 3l,_l9l3 & no longer,
to quote the thing itself. I will give you a call shortly & talk.
over[...]the Accident Fund 9

& that you have a better Committee to deal with than myself. I
got put on & put off in the one breath,so to speak. I got 27 j

I sincerely wish you may have a much better year during 1913, &
your economic position may recover & a prosperous new year.

Mrs. Johnston w[...]y of a letter from Jabez Dodd,M.L.O.:-

25 Raglan Road, North Perth,W.A. Sun, Jan.l2, 1913.

Dear Joe, Your letter came to hand last'week, & as to—day is
Sunday,& I have a little time in hand, I am answering it.
First of all I am deeply grieved to hear of your misfortune,
& sincerely trust it may not be so bad as you anticipate.
Health troubles[...]pres
ent controlling a11Labor matters such as Arbitration, factori
es,friend1y societies,ear1y closin[...]mber I was hard of hearing, & was so ex-

tremely sensitive about it that people often get a wrong im-

pressio[...]

Oudden Gray is at Broad Arrow,although_I have never seen him.
Billy Willi[...]right up to the las
t; & he could talk better politics than many a young man. Alf
& George are ooth’foremen in Wallaroo Mines to—day.

I went through to New Zealand 2 years ag[...]w, & I became downhearted when driving a
long the roads where all was bush in our days.We Jerusalem
boys used to love the scrub; & some parts of it were very pre
tty in Spring. There is not a particle left now. Kadina is re
built. It is one the finest little towns in 8. Australia. The
farmers are all mil[...]rry Williams are
foreman. Arnold Quick is engine fitting or engineering. His
father,Gaptain Quick, die[...]ken

Hill; he also scored well as a pianist.Fred Mitchell had % ,d
big drapery store at Boulder[...]

COPY from Sun. I was going to send you a few paragraphs but
have not time to[...]

I want[...]ising purposes.When
hear from Mr. Johnston will write for further. With best wishes
Yours fo the fight,A.Rivett."

fiop[...]. I was very sorry to hear about your eye. I hope it will ,
soon be better. I was sorry to hear_about[...]I think your poor brother Robert is unfortunate: it
is a very bad case. I hope the baby will be well[...]é°o§fE,§ 351;}.-9:18
good health at time of writing. I am g a ~o see Y U 3

Home here they are not allowed more than ten shi[...]ell, I don't think we ever spent a worse one, for it was rain at
! all the time, & trade is very dull[...]ou ought to be proud of h¢
her. You must put up with a bit of hot temper, as you know she
is not by herself.[...]I ___
My dear nephew,I hope you will never stop writing to me as you_
1 are the only one that writes from.there. If all is well I will
3 send you a paper next week. I see that Bob has lost a goodwife.
I hope someone will be kind to the boys; it is very unfortun-
ate for them to be left again.[...]these few lines will findd
you much better. The writer wishes to be remembered to you. ‘
Although I[...]re enough old maids am
about. L0ve_to all, we are sending a few Cards_to the children.
Good bye, & may God bless you all. From your ever-loving aunt
‘ & uncle. Grace & Walter_Perkyns. Writition of the Compulsory Clauses on the Commonwealth[...]& have heard from him, & am seeking to

arrange a run up_about Ap. 21st. Am sorry to learn about your

Trust is not sc,bad as-you feared; & that you may yet have v“
the fu1l~use~of~it,~for~sight~is,most"precious.~I must see.
you if I get up. The battle is going steady down here, but the
opposition to the Act is growing. Thanks for your interest.
With best wishes,Yours against the sword,A.Rivett."[...]er which I re~ ;
will excuse me for keeping you waiting so long for an answer, bufl
but I have been away on a_holiday,over to Malmsbury, that is E

50 miles fro[...]. Ihomas Hancock

was up here at Easter for a holiday. I never saw him. Mother’

is talking of[...]father!s
brother too at the same time. When you write again let me know
how your eyes_are getting on.[...].) ‘ _,_ I

Copy of a note fro m Robert Cameron,senior.;% ‘ \ \ ‘ H 5
" Wallsend Lodge, Wallsend Lodge, May 31, .1913, m _,

"Dear Mr. cocking. Enclosed cheq[...]I am Robt.Cameron,
secretary. Mr. J.Cocking ,Wallsend."

Copy of letter_from Tom Batho;-

"Sydney Ap; 28, 1913. To Josiah Cooking, Wailsend. Dear Cem-
rade, & friend.I have received a comm[...]n, in which he informe that you have open-

ed a little business, &_wishes to know if I could s[...]

& no licence is r[...]by philanthropic motives in the fore-
going proposition. I am doing it from a purely business stand-
point; & if my proposal fits you with our knowledge of one an-
other we could,_I think[...]to mutual advantage, &

this, I have learned, is what is known as "good business".

-While sorry to lea[...]ve been pushed so hard against

the wall of adversity, still it is no use of me pouring out my s}
sympathy7~ for sympathy is so cheap to—day that one hardly knows
whether it is genuine or spurious. Nevertheless you seem to[...]grinding time; & I'm only too glad to be
able to send a word of cheer to one who in_bitter days did what
lay within to aid a Cause & men who fought therein.

Good cheer, Joe; may you succeed 1 It's a long lane with no
turn. My life & your life are so inseparable in their hardships
& infirmities that fellow—feeling rings in the spirit of affin-
ities, My_lamps, too, are gradually dimming. One has gone; & if
I_stay at printing much longer the other may depart. Such is
our blessing t Withal we are not dead until we become absolute-
ly lifeless, & some bright spark may yet light up our lives, &
though it may shine for only a brief spel1,still make us feel
that it was good to live, Re packets-¢ I am starting to print
them, & when I hear from you where to forward-~ what railway
station—- I will book them immediately. Don't distress yourself
re cash, because you may as well have packets as they lie with
me, A hint: if you are asked for a pennyworth of writing paper
you could take out of packet the paper;[...]penholder Yhu could
fiasily get a penny for, & with nibs 1 %_d. See ?-And whatever
envelopeseg that is cover envelopes—+_you had left you could
post to me, & thus save a little extra printing. That's up—te
date capitalism, Joe J So there 1 Selling this way you aretd
more to the good.

So,_anticipating you writing re address, agreeing to_my proposit
ion,, for what yogu cannot sell over the half—gross order I
wi[...]BaY.Ap- 11. 1913. To Mr. Josiah Oocking miner
Wa11Send- Dear Sir.-Please I am taking this liberty to write &,

ask you if such is the candid fact th[...]

fore I went into any contract with Mr. Rice._Please let m e
know if the treatment i[...]rt Johnson of ferry boats on the lake."
(Answered May 2nd,l913.) I t
I

Copy of note from Tom Batho:- _ _ , f
"To Mr. J. Gocking,Wallsend. Forwarding envelopes by to-day's 1
train to Wallsend. Your letter I have perused. Thanks. Gives me"
s[...]core.
Say, though, the five pounds you anticipate may be put to bet— .
ter_advantage immediately than[...]y the half gross at my risk & don't want you 5
to pay it out of money that could go towards varying stock,[...]st dotted this I

down to let yuu know goods were sent.Yours sincerely Thos. Bathog
H .

WHER[...]

It is doubly false,& besides it's-stale!

No one can plunder this land from you,

For its grabbed,my son, by the monied few,
And they're H[...]e fear their frown,
And they give us leave, if we pay the rent,
To remain where our cheerless lives are spent,
A nd live here in fear, my child!

We fear to say what we reall _think-
We fear our owners,& crin[...]

But we cheer their words with a mighty shout
When they say"Brave men, keep inv[...]he mines-& fields:

They have the land & the loot it yeilds;

They don't invade like.a swarm of-bees,

For itls safe to come by twc!s and fihrees,

AND THEY'R[...]HE THIRD ACRAFT UNION, MEETING. NOV;ll,19ll. 3
(Written for theI"nternationalrntx Socialist ",.by Dand[...]hirkers .-

Who'11 do nothing to improve

The condition in which evgry lies;

And when hoary Age has h[...]at last by Death is won , ' §
That my footsteps may-be followed _, ‘ C
And my elevated place , - V[...]possessor

Of the Chairmanship- & fees-—«

Political Labor League Jingo: Bah : iauxxsx you drunkenn
F99lyou're off your bloomin'head I

’First Soc: I but follow the example

Of the drunken Lords & kings _
( Whom your loyal labor leader[...],

Nor a broken-hearted mother left to die

In a city Nova Sootian, -

For the vacant throne of[...]

That suoeeedingffioles shall fill it
In a nevereending line ~

iTi1l'the'trumpetjsounds on Resurrection Day 3

I contend-we shouldn't trample
On the royal precedent

' Which through centuries has slowly broadened down;
_And the evidence is ample V ~ *

That the people are content ,<.. ;
Though their monarchls either profligate or clown :

.‘If you've ever read[...]Of the gory queens & kingss— , I

P.L.L' Jingo: It“s.a*fable only idiots believe 3

1st Soc: I bel[...]monarch's rode in triumph o'er the dead .
The position gained by slaughter,

On the-fields of bleachi[...]r villanies were even—- “

Loyal 0rangeman:;, Its a libel none believes.

lst Soc: You cant creditany fact you've never known I

’ ' ‘H ‘ (Hea[...]han the infamies of Jack;

"And Gehenna by his presence is disgraced !

There were Henry Third &[...]

gggughgegg §¥18§ g¥afigflry mayn't be told 1

Now, when Edward crossed the border[...]at his male descendants down

Should be favpured-with the privilege, not small,
Of the Chairmanship un[...]nd he's quoting legal precedent--

P.L.L. Jingo : What gall l

Chairman: But there's reall y no occasion[...]n

Till the Coronatmnn feat

of the useless, parasitic queens & e kings.

lst Soc; Mr. Chairman, I int[...]aled .
I could understand the reason

Of the o gosit on ow
If hered ary eec es were-more fit
To hscome our kings--

L°Ya1 Ofangeman ; what treason :

4&4

_

a-.:.§.¢~. 4»-..

If-you favor men of slaughter—~ - -

Boss‘[...]clear ?

P.L.L. Jingo: 'Wel1, the ocean swallows water

To assuage its mighty thirst,

But the mover swallows lakes of[...]her, mother, daughter, & a guest,

0 were filled with liquid lory

( 1 were drunken as could be § _

And enjoyed each lewd remark[...]Snore,

For such language filled father's heart with pain,
and the naughty guest deecended--

On his[...])

v’ ‘I

If you favor men slaughter

As hereditary kings,

And in silence long submit to royal knaves,

You should grant my son & daugh[...]dles to their graves!

Second Soc-: Mr. Chairman, It's a pity

That the mover spoke so long,

For it limits me in seconding his plan:
there is no one in this city

who is mentally more strong

Or more hon[...]

Let us load the chairman's tables

Till the weighted timbers groan

With the viands & the flowers rich & rare;

Let's fee[...]et's procure him, when elected,‘ _ .
All the fruitful earth can bring;

Let His Majesty be honoured--and his clan-—
P.L.L. Jingo: That's the nonsense I expected:
You would make the man a KING 1 _

2nd Soc.: It's impossible_to make a king a MAN 1

Let's provid[...]ious feet—-

Single Taxer: Hear,hear 1

And ;present them with the people's land beside.

2nd Soo.: we should decorate a carriage

For our Qhairman—- have him crowned

With a diadem to grace his gracious head—— ( Laughter ).
Home Ruler: And a morganitic marriage—-

Loyal Orangeman: Fools disloyal s[...]y boys to ride.;

And His Majesty should ramble

With a lady friend who sings

Of "The Sorrows[...]

We should'ce1ebrate his birthday with a spree

And should worship all that's "royal" *[...]n,

And who freely rob a hundred million slaves:

It's the ensign ofrfree shooters

Wbho shoot strikin[...]Johnny's'feeble mental power

Is affected by the sun,

But with imitative instinct he's endowed;

he will linger in a shower e

Till he sees where others run,

Then he follows in she :f.°_0_t_§:c_e_2s 9.: 211..
Let's regard it worse than arson
lf a member speaks the truth

Re the failings of the Chairman-

lst Soc.: He's a toff E

2nd Soc.: Let us purchase Press & parson

To m[...]the minds older workers-—

P.L Jingo. Oh,.pu1l off 1

2nd soo.: If I pulled that Sassy bladder

Off your shoulders, where it lies,

It would surely soar aloft, the moon to greet,
And the members would be sadder

When they noticed, with surprise,

That your thinking part's loca[...]

Where its stupid fancy goes

We shall quickly make our Lod[...]c notion

Which all loyalists should ban, .

"For it's patent that the mover only tries

To degrade th[...]the point of roaring flame;

And, though members may get nettled

And their garments would imbue

With the crimson flood that flows in bitter fight

Yet no bloodshed ever settled ‘

Any[...]pose the mad suggestion

To invest a common man

With the_privelege‘& right to be a drone

And transmit the "right", sans question,

To his family[...]

And the volumes of renown ?

W[...]heir hovels, '
But the wearers of the crown,

Notwithstanding all the snedrs of Thomas_Paine ;
It's a statement most disloyal

To declare that God is king l

It's a notion of uneducated clods I

From the annals[...]at in attributes our kings are re 11y Bods :1 (Dissent )

Now, the motion I'm opposing-—

That the union shall appoint

An heriditary chairmanship, I'll foil,

For the mover is proposing

most profanely to annoint

Just a common jackeroo with--

Home Ruler : Castor oil 1 (Loud laughter )

P.L.L. Jingo: No 3 With‘ sacred oil; a waters
From the hlly Jordan's springs

T0 baptiz[...]

As the arguments get weak,
And 1 cannot spit a sixpence—— I'm so dry 2 (smiles)

It's unwise to stay much longer;

If no other wants to speak ‘

I'll permit the mover briefly to reply.

1st Soc.: As the cha[...]onclude this'hot debate

And enable him to get a bite & sup.

If my motion isn?t carried,

In concludi[...]That we only brought the motion—-

Voices : Put it up 1 (Division taken %

Members rising) Chairman[...]een lost by twenty-one :

let soc : I am thankful it's defeated, .

And my pleasure you may share,,

For we only brought the motion on for fu[...]ime you get these

-f 11 - .
cw nee she will be quite well again: we are glad to see the

rest are[...]think you ought to sell tea for th
ggesrgattpfofiit in it; & if you do I.should like to’try a siie
o . op[...]e have E ;§o$g:eWsh%w:eh:::te;eszggnkiEhggsgobseliTy
ey are very nice pi t & ' °
c urea, the[...]

very s1ack.It's not much like summer time; we have had a lot of
rain, but we hope to h[...]to ask me to do you that favor if I
am alive, as it is no trouble for me to write a few lines at
any time. I am glad you can understand me; as I am not the

best of writers. I will send you a photo when I have it taken.

I thank you once more for your kindn[...]We have no more news for the time. Good bye, & may God bless
you all. With love from your ever—loving uncle & aunt,Wa1ter

& Grace Perkyns. Please write soon.xxxxxxxx. Answered Oct.25,
1913.

Copy of a[...]r Street, Sydney,26-o- 1913.

Friend Cocking.Hope it is well with you and yours.Tis many moons
since I had the ple[...]Slcialist “-now, & have severed my
sympathies with that section of the Movement, after thesshoddy
way they treated friend Holland. It seems to me there is Just

about as much—-certa[...]ocia1istio\
as there is in anything else in these days. That is why Iof—

ten feel so streely on the necessity for a real "spiritual

‘Mi

It is good to know that Holland has fallen upon his[...]Newcastle which yeilded tin oxide in association with
other mindrals & sulphide ores. I am told that t[...]known
process.A friend of mine called on me to—day & asked me if I
knewnanyone at Newcastle who would give him information

about it .I thought of you as the only person I could apply to..

All he knows of it is that Newcastle is the port; he does not
even k[...]culars you can get hold of; some of your comrades may
know the mmine. Yours faithfully Frederick Allman. -

I see that the bishop-[...]Bird—- has been going nap_on
_on compulsory military training. I sent them along some
stiff literature to ponder over.
Let me know re mine as ear[...]r from Grace:- "Q .2.“wa rd B 4, Prince Henry,,Little

. Bhy,l5;7,l940. My dear aunt,Jinny, I receiv[...]le Joe is. Ifdelt I.fe1f I couldn't

go to sleep without trying to scribble you a few lines.,It8s

It's.rather a hard Job when you are lying on your ha[...]ng we are so far away from each ogher .

You know what my liking has always been to uncle. I am look-

i[...]t

in God to kedp us. I guess Florrie is~at home withayou: how

love1y.it is for her to be able to nurse her Dad 1

she wil[...]. I heard fromN ellie:
e week before I came here; It's time for the lights out now,

so I will finish fip with lots of love to all. God bhess you!
Your loving nence Graggn. .

'2 Htuzo
To~day is our Fred's hirthday.ialter,came home in his car late

773

last night. He is quite well. He has bought a reversible water-
proof ccatgfer 30/-to wear at Kosciusco in a fortnight's time
when he &John Rose havega holiday atzthat frozen place. No,in a
month's time, when[...]& I am takrng 3 green polli (something){tabletsma day
to put iron into my blood. “_

A few days agc.we receivwd the following letter from Arthur:—

' "3 {quit « .

"Po st,o£fice, Thursday, Dear Everyone, I am now a parasite
again, for to-morrow I go out to work in the car. It has been
in dock getting new rings & bearings. Th[...]aken down the plugs would oil up every few miles.
Itls great to be but here now in this country of winter sun-
shine, althlugh, owing to the drought, the brown ground is
covered with gly sere grass.

Last week—end D was working o[...]new emanated from a blpke in Dubbo Army: Being a bit short
of shekels they were holding an open-airmin Erangie. To cut it
I cadgwd a ride went, dirty as.M,was,. While the[...]rromine I had a,shave & them eat in

the car as waited for them/. The Dubbo folk are pretty kfifid-he-
arted; I had.one 8 a half offers to drive me home on Sunday:
night—- nearly a hundred miles:of running round the country at
large for 3 solid hours.[...]ome about 2
a;m. Mrs. Paix, who is muchabetter, naitedxunxmrxtdkdng insis~
ted on my taking a travelling rug so that I wouldn't be too

cold. I curled up in it, stretched out on_the seat,,& slept

for about half the way home.

There was a sports day here yesterday. I wasn't there. I worked
although the town school tool:a holiday. It was,just as,we1D.I
did, for I'd have been pounced[...]truly fleeced{ At the mock court held during the
day, one bloke worth about a hundred thousand[...]e donations .was near a ghousandmquid,
& the full day's takings were 2759 gplden.sheke1s; thos i[...]

ge that youxshould write so promptly & under such difficulties.
Now, with regard to your eye trouble: I am indeed sorry to

learn that,suchmcare iéfinecessary; but it is really the only thin
g to do with weakening eyesight. All things in Nature rest at[...]ld retain them unimpaired. Of course I don't
know what thd trouble is in your case; but in my own experience
I had t- give up reading at night§ & do very little writing for
some gime. I found that.bathing the eyes night & morning in
warm water with a little boracic, & then gently massaging the
6yes)- also stimulating the brain areas of sight-p- situated
at the back of head-- by heavier massage, ga[...]thd sight very considerably-— so much so that

it has improved on the former state. I can sympathise with
your desire to write, & am sorry that,your crisp, clear, and

opncise[...]cialist" have to
ceaze; but reat to the eyes is essential—- so don't strain them 1
to write to.me again. We went along to the mines,& though[...]oks & information. The work nyeu spoke of is, the off-

gcials say, out of date now. I have not writtejlto Harry$.Hol—‘
and 9

Copy of a letter fr[...]t a few
lines,hoping this well find you all welll It leaves us fairly
well at time of writing. I have been thinking a good bit about
you,as you have not answered my last 1etter[...]re better by this time. If
you were_not able to write I should think Robert would write
for you. I had a letter from brother Robert this week. He is
not well; he suffers with rheumatism. _I hhpe your father,
brothers, & sis[...]r all the year around. I hope you are doing well
with your shop. Write & let us know all the news, as we have
much to write. I have not heard from brother Billy's family.
I[...]rother Bob is married.
Well, I must now conclude with best love, hoping your wife &
fami1y_are all wel[...]s remember us to
her. zwalter is sti1l_working a little. $leasemwrite soon.

Goon bye for the ti . F
& Grace Pe[...]

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I -V — 92. '\
send coalmine, & have a light Job. ‘I am very sorry to hear .
that your little boy is so sick, & I hope by this time he is
quite well. I am glad to see thatnyour children are growing
to help you. I was sorry
it was sent all right. e thank you for the Christmas cards.[...]perous new year. We hope
your wife & family are quite well. We are both fairly well at
time of writing. we received the picture hnoks & thank you ver[...]lad that Florrie is well again. You said you will send us Ch

Charlie's photo. We should be glad to get it.

I had a letter from uncle Rober6n1Rewe at Christmas, & he has
been very bad with rheumatics, & he suffers a good deal in his
head[...]ery hard, but now he is put into an offib
ice, & it's-notnso hard for him. Ame1ia—é John's wife-— has not
written since brother John died. I am sorry to hear th[...]ch like to have all your photos wgen you have

a little time to spare; The times home here are dull & every-
thing is very dear. We hope it will be better soon.

You say that Lizzie Pettigr[...]ote to you last. I don't know why they have not writ-
ten. Hoping that this will find you all in the b[...]ou very much for the Christmas card you so kindly sent;
I hope you will have better luck in the future.[...]r.

(Answered Ap.p6, 1914.

Remedy for pneumonia sent to the "Cor-
nU.bia.n" 0 )

_P0rtion}of}a.1etteThf?0m,JabeztDodd:+V-é~v~+-

?a1th°u€h mafiy are c "
What bitter, oid man

fully go wrong. b . I do not[...]

against a stone wall to no purpos[...]e values of the land which we have created.

Some day I will come & have a yarn with you about old times.
Yours sincerely J.E.[...]

Ct" it Hi .0
_rl|C|S(l y ha ha

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A Strong Indictment. O I

for all. But _ ’
. 1 What a Different Tale
have read the em’ ‘ye-e efte[...]‘ l a tender regard for -the foreigner now
/' Witition had also adopted 019- be i ‘t th . . » _
I[...]men‘ e tey D t ,and dividends the Tories were quite
I a member of the Legislative Council the B115] itheee Wee n0.‘th«i'ng O maven meperee to see sta[...]for four years, and is consequently _ _ ,
in a position to speak au'thoritativie1Y- preventing the man lower from get ' pmfe[...]elds {nembe1”»M*‘~D°dd Bills which had met with similar
SD0109 feelingly Wm‘ regard ‘t9 the[...]ed ‘ U T A Great Impression

A Fat M-an’s Holiday

The speaker created much amuse- . . _ , H . 4, ‘

ment by pointing out what socialists. The’ Callousness 319°“ ‘*9’[...]‘ ‘
these anti-socialists of -the Upper‘ dismayed bythe Tory members of the»;1eSS f011d1Y imagilléfl i-t—'~’kI1eW some— ;>
_House are. The road from Perth to Upper Cha,mbeq._ The fact that the[...], he said, was much used by 1 Bill -was drawn up with the object gen; W11“ _1g° in I't.h9 'ei9f'°n[...]ers made no hm-ppeeésjon on the of dcommon humanity' He drove the

ly they were fervently "in favor[...]s at 3,11, /chair sole regard be- ‘E poem home with eledge hammer for“ 3

mad between 'the 'WV0 Pl[...]. The speaker pointed‘
also wanted to see the road national-, out that although the mines of W A

ls[...]untaqh,,wh1,c111 had :e::‘c:§a::: 10,, .~
pool road, because i-t was the most Vict.-,rla Park,[...]ore hide~‘bou«-nd than the
|’ Labor caucus. It does not ‘hold formal
gatherings, ‘but meets in little recesssas
in the corridors, and decides what

member is to be put up to move the

direct route[...]rejection of any particular measure:‘ 1
eugh ' It was a at-erriflc inidiotmevnt, and l'{

for the[...]to-morrow. They must H
of the State manufacturing its own? ' et it was e e Interests of these Dee" '' eit-her cast their votes on the side of I J

‘P18 t[...]y advocatedw,

l

that the State should build and run”
itsown ships to carry farmers’ wheat-1
to its market overseas. ‘

Mr. Dodd then referred ca.[...]ch the Uppexjw

"House obstructionists had dealt with
the Fa.ctori»es Act Amendment Bill.
‘They had[...]lebatch to oppose the measure. af‘t81‘_
which it was to be rejected without
further debate. He "had never heard
anythillx[...]re
I of -the miners. ’
D Mr Dodd showed clearly what ‘hum-

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3: fair play and’ common hunianity.

.)

of the employment of foreigneivs in‘

th[...]. The Govern-
ment in -tlhei-r Bill desired to limit the

foreigners to one -to every ten B-rit-‘

ishers, being of opinion that a great-
“er[...]yed on -the mines. The Tories
fiercely denounced what they describ-
— ed as -the Government's[...]

fferer may I ask of your goodnessmthat you Wl avor
mgeiigg gill particulars Of YOU? Cure by Rice's process‘ Faith"
fully A.W. Crooks. Mr- Cockifig-"
( Answered J[...]wheel passe Oger 1%-
But no one knows exactly how it occurred, as he was a one. e
was found by a Mr. H[...]grave. I have only
been there twice, but no doubt it would easily be found.

Your father was very well off when on the Dingo! but hiszheaithx
a short time after he came out he lost most of it in some mines
in Queensland through the dishonesty of the manager; a he a lso
had to send money away to clear some debt after the mine was[...]his health broke down & he was in a Melbourne hospital
for a long time.I never saw any photos, but wil[...]old him to go on the land as the mining
did not suit his health. Any other information that I can give
you I will be only too pleased to supply if you write any time.
I can only add that I,cannot speak too[...]e appeared before this, but I have been so,busy

with one thing &ranother that I have been unable to f[...]t

appear. Regarding your query whether or not editors 11:3 Eh
. > r e

g/I

Winspear, managing Editor." '

Copy of a letter from A. Kirkwood;

"Helen[...]but I could
see there could be nothing done this sitting of parliament , &
in the meantime I lost your letter, but I will do the best I
can without it.1. Safety-catches are not used in any of the,
sha[...]lmainmid South Clifton._

2. Men ride in the same cage as the coal comes up in.

3. I cannot give the cost of cages & dafety catches as they
varynso much witith safety
catches. That was in the Park,Pit, Cleveland, Yorkshire, Eng.
This happened about 30 years ago. Twelve men were in the cage
when the rope broke. The catches acted successful[...]ty-catchmfor rope skids, but nog
very reliable as it is liable to out the rope skid when it
grips.

Well, Mr. Cooking, Iam sendinggs some information from a fri-
end who has a mine manager's certificate,a1though I don't

agree with all his ideas; & I hope you are successfu[...]

very well. His name is James Pitchford. He used to work in
Elermore Vale colliery.[...]en most of the questions
you asked me, but if you send them along again I will try to
answer,them. Neve[...]he Illawarra coal
field.

2. Men ride in the same cage as that in which coal is carried.

3. Estimates of cost of safety-cages cannot be given because
they necessarily vary with each installation. Goninan & Co. of
Newcastle, N[...]ly supply information.

4. I know of no accident with safety-catches because it is
rarely that they are used. ’
5. Wire ropes a[...]verwind, or prevent any accident

to an ascending cage. They merely prevent an ascending cage
being pulled over the poppet heads. The detaching[...]y been called on once to detach the rope from the cage at
Helensburgh; 3. the hook (a King & Humble) did it most admir-
ably. At Balmain ll overwinds took pl[...]the shaft, or an over»
wind almost under any condition. Wooden guides are not-used
much used nowadays, especially in deep shafts where fast wind-
ing[...]the form of steel rails, are used. I don't know

what speed men are wound at, but at least half the spe[...]h technical knowledge of modern winding practice. It is
necessary therefore to answer your qmxstimnxin[...]wn at the same rate(called re '
- . 1 tardatic
as it is speeded up or accelerated; so that you see the coal may

travel at a “.
great r te f ‘ .
3 Or[...]

1 coil 11&xt11ax;asx)x 1/18(11O yds) ditto 12-5,
1 8 horse power de Dion engine direct coupled

20 volt b0 J. Russel dynamo l12-0_O
1 switchboard ' _0_Q
1 are lamp 100 amperes ' b§l9—O.[...]seemyou found a remedy that cured

him. We think it is a th‘
the "Cornubian aboutaiifag hadl[...]

seen her yet. That's the reason we did not write to you before.
It's yout Mother's aunt & mine that died in Swansea. Will you
ask Mrs. Williams the meaning of it & let me know as soon as

you can ?I am glad to s[...]hope ohey will continue so. Glad to see that the pit is doing
well, & you have had a trip to Taree. You said you have been so
long waiting for that trip. I hope you enjoyed yourself. ;[...]heumatism. We hope you are having
lovely weather. It is very nice home here now. I am sending

you a postcard of the exhibition. We had nice weather the first
day—~ crowds of people-— but the second day was rainy. This

last week we had fine doings in the Free Church. It's the an-
nual Oonference—-about 10,000 preache[...]t this he will be much better. We must now close with
fondest love from your ever loving aunt & uncle, Grace & Walter
Perkyns. Good bye, & may God bless you all 1xxxxxxkxxxxXxXXxxXxx~
Please write soon & give our love to your Father, Dister, &
B[...]."

opy of Mrs. Holland's letter;«

“lO7 Ohiro Road, Brooklyn, Wellington, N.Z. July 25, 1914.[...]not forgotten
him. I am sorry to hear that your litttle lad is troubled

with that wretched disease, but he has a good chance of get~
ting rid of it. Our youngest boy, Cedric, had such a queer litm
tle cough. To—night I bought him a bottle of Baxter's Lung Cure:
it is said to be splendid. If it doesn't shift his cough I ,
will take him to a do[...]years old onnsep. 20th. Your Charlie has a dear little §
face. I know how anxious you & Mrs. Cooking must be.

Harry has just been 3 months in Jail since his sentence; & 1 montl
th before. When he was first arre[...]allowed; but’
when his case came on & in the inciting charge the magistrate
discharged him, then he was allowed out on bail. He will get i

"3 months taken off for good conduct; somthat poms time in Nov. l
he[...]last letter that he could scarcely hold the pen-~ it

I
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43%

over th-

‘ ere this

_ ‘ year, but
wit can't
come
near th~

; is place.

.‘Tedayit

’ is dreadw

ful-mwind,
rain, &
hail.

Welling[...]a beastly windy place. There are some parts that it is almost
impossible to get near with the wind. I won't forget one day

& night last Winter. We were living on one of the hills, not

far from here. It was a terrible climb in good weather, but on
that day I sent the children down the street to post our Aus~
tr[...]& coming up our street they had a terrible fight
with the wind & rain to get along; When they got to a[...]which is noted for a terrible corner, on a windy day,
they tried to cross; & Harry-— then 9 years old~~ was blown righ
t off his feet. He could neither get up nor speak. His sister~e
11 years then--[...]m

up but screamed when she found he was choking with the wind;

& if it hadn't been for a man coming behind them & seeing[...]o put them behind him & get along that way. When little
Harry was safe at home his thought was,"How wi[...]get
home on his crutches", & the very thoughts of it nearly sent

him into hysterics. You would need to be here t[...]e
force of the wind. I often long for a hot sunny day like we

had in Australia. There is very little sunshine in Wellington,
even in the middle of Summer; & right through the Winter nwe
haYe t0 have a °°uP19 °f heaVY blankets &[...].
Harry is only allowed 1 letter a month, & can write one; but

ii: that he is 3 months there they may let him have other let-
sur:.H:%r§ou can write to the Terrace Jail, Wellington. I am

wo[...]

Mr. J. cocking, Wallsend. Dear Sir, Your letter of llth inst.
to hand with inquiry for which we thank you & have pleasure
in sending you under separate cover a copy of our»lates[...]etc. that we stock, & we feel
sure you will find it of value & interest. We are enclosing
herewith an estimate for a complete plant comprising the Er-
nemann All Steel Bioscope, latest model, fitted with double
lamp double lamp house, triple condensers[...]engine direct coupled to a J.L. dynamo. This outfit
is absolutely the best to be had, &_we might state that the
Ernemann is without doubt far away ahead of anything of the
kind[...]nt movement, steadiness of
picture, & wearing qualities it has no equal.

In the event of the above outfit being too expensive you can
of course substitute any other machine or lighting plant as
listed[...]the expenses in comparison receipts will
not permit you to go to the expense of an electric light
pla[...]mishaps most up-to-date pattern, & will compare with every
other machine at similar «price on the market.

In connection with expenses for running a show we can only
assume what these might be as we are not cognizant with the
conditions attached to the particular district where you[...]of the cost. ’
Complete & free instructions go with all outfits, & you could

either have this by correspondence 0; by a personal visit to
our show room at the above address. hould you require any

information do not hesitate to erite“to us as we are only too

!

i

aopy of Harringt[...]”ydney, Aug.l7th 1914. Mr. Josiah booking,
Wallsend, N.S.W. Dear sir, We regret that notwithstanding our
request we have not yet been favoured with a reply to our pre-
vious letter in regard to yo[...]hen you do go ingo the matter you will favour
us with your consideration & reply. Thanking you in anticipation
we are yours faithfully,Harringtons Ltd."

(Answered Aug. 30th.)

C[...]any of New Zealand Limi e . o Josiah
Cooking, Wa11send., N.S.W. Dear Sir, In response to your favor
of[...]The amount of lug-
gage cagrégd fgeeffor gash pgssenger is 40 cubic feet, first
c ass, cu . set or se ond & third class passengers. Any
excess over these allowances is charged[...]ft. Gonsumptives are not allowed to land in the United
tates, & the law is extremely strict on this po[...]igran s are not on any account allowed into the United
States unless they are in a state of good health & free from
any mental or physical defects.
Providing passengers can pass the medical examination the am-
iunt[...]call at Wellin ton N Z
RaT°t°n8a, Papeete, (Tahiti). The sailings are as fo1§ows?- _ ’

Oct he 1 .
Wal$a,§ang;§£% every 28 days thereafter.Yours faithfully D,

73?

Copy of Harry Holland's 1otter:— 107 Otiro Road, Brooklyn, N.Z.
25th Aug .1914. Now that I[...]ed to me at the Terrace Jail & handed
to me a few days before my release. _

I cannot reply to it in detail at this stage because I am con-
fronted with a huge pile of letters, all awaiting brief replies;
& I expect to have to start work again to—morrow. I was released
On Saturday, the 15th, the government refusing to give[...]house & entertained us there at luncheon, along with a num-
ber of representative unionists & Socialists. The rev. Hobday,
Church of England parson, also took advantage of his parsonship
to visit me weekly at the Jail-— was also there. Last ni[...]rgest in New Zealand, was crowded to
overflowing with an enthusiastic audience, notwithstanding that
a "patriotic" demonstration was tak[...]meeting, but the daily pa-
pers scarcely noticed it. . —
Your letter, apart from one or 2 breif not[...]ly com~
munication I was allowed to receive in addition to my wife's
letters; & I can't tell you how pleased I was that they let me
have it. I remembered that when I went into Darlinghurst Jail

18 years ago, "Greer Libel", you were the first to write to me.
When I entered Albury for my share of the[...]ch a reason. Fortunately there was no i
smoodging whatever to secure our release, & from the first day “
I made it clear that I did not want release except as a mat[...]from the
leading Tory paper at Dune e lSh%¥f%£%itlV€.t figs e gaytusgmeied

ho lin t iame[...]

a 104.
Funny, isn't it ? But I must pull in I I sincerely hope your

- '[...]came
Ehiogghl Eielfigigginéxfigrgiicé mug: ggitgr than I could have

~ ~ f the
hoped. Our people[...]tary W°Tk” & St111 I re°?g“§Se
the opportunity ig one could speak from the floor of tne ouse
on[...]o far in that res-
pect. Mrs. Holland joins me in sending greetings & every good
wish to Mrs. Cooking &[...]cond eldest boy, returned to Sydney by lastl d
Friday's boat. P.J. Fletcher (Quaker Peace Councillor) t[...]ield Hill, §ydney,
Sep.2, 1914. Mr. J. Cooking, Pittown, Wallsend. Dear Sir, In
reply to your favor we beg to informm you that the book “Germ-
any Of To—Day" is now out of print. Herewith we return your mone
ey,viz 1/2 & trust same will[...]s. I regret that I cannot supply nor obtain at present
the book " Germany Of To-Day". I do not think copies will be
available in a fo[...]rne, Victoria, Sep. 18, 1914.
Mr. J. Cooking, Wallsend, N.S. W. Dear Sir, In answer to your le
tter to[...]rnia for over 50 years & is unable to an—
swer with certainty many of your questions. Some of the questions
he can answer, such as that concerning military training,which
is not compulsory. Labor conditions in California , as in other
parts of the worl[...]living more expensive, Education is not
free, as it is in, say, Victoria State Schools; the same facil-
ities for obtaining an education there do not exist.[...]rs of age, a professor in a Northern State University.
e en e r a the Melbourne South College 2[...]

University, California, where hg graduated in 3 years in mi[...]ployment owing to
the disinclination of the authorities to recognise foreign
university degrees. Returned to California to study for mas- J
ter's degree at the University, whilst there, through the in-
fluence of the university, obtained a position as head metal-
lurgical chemist of a large Pacific Coast Steelworks , whilst
engaged there accepted the offer of a partnership in the min-
ing engineering department of the S. Dakota Government Univer-_
eity, where he now abides. This would tend to show that there
are good openings, opportunities in America for competent
persons, both male &[...]o the cost of fares
to California , but I believe it takes about 21 days to reach
there from Sydney. Shipping Company in[...]urne, 2nd Oct. 1
1914. }
"Mr. Josiah Cooking, Wallsend. Dear Sir, In reply to your kind

inquiry of the[...]procured in this ctty.§
The book,"Germany Of To-Day" also cannot be procured, but we

are quoting the following which we can recommend: "Germany &

Good Faith", 3/b posted. "Germany & England", 3d. (Tois is[...]ping to
receive an order from you, we are yours faithfully,E.W.Cole."

Copy of a letter from Mr.James[...]so far. ‘As regards the will, Ia1-
ways thought it was in favor of Mr. H.W. Flett, I made a mis-
tak[...]who first found your Father after the ac-
cident. It was a boy named John Matheson. He was then cons-[...]but

he never got any photoes. Perhaps Mr. Flett may have got his
photos or papers. I will ask him whe[...]e me for not replying at an earlier date, yours
faithfully James Millikin."

Copy of Polly Smith's letter:- ’
"Harbron, Collingwood §t, Drummo[...]Dear Mr. Cooking, Just a few lines to ask you to send me one

of those big books belonging to my Mother; there are 2 of them.
I am not quite sure if they are cookery or not. Anyhow, I
would like you to send one of them. One of them has got the dat

‘741

also Father's death: send it. And there is still another book

I would like you to send; the name of it is,"His sombre Rival".

I got it for reciting the 20th psalm in the Bible. You will see
my name in it. I was out seeing my brothers the other night, so

I asked Jim about ; so he told me to write up to you for them,

& to tell you that he told me to write, as he thought that Annie‘
& I were of age now[...]Annie & me. So

he also told her that she could write & ask for here. Of course
Annie is married now & has her own home. The brothers are liv~
ing at 14, Glebe Road, Glebe, Sydney, that is if you care to
write to them. Well, I hope you won't disappoint me in sending
them, Mr. Cooking, as I shall look forward to them coming; & I
hope you will know who is writing~— it is Mary Smith that used

to live next door to Mrs. Jeffery—-[...]pened to mention these books: so Jim told us to
write for them if we like. I was up your way 10 months ago see-
ing Mrs. Jeffrey; I came up on a holiday from Sydney. Well, I
think I will draw to a close now. I remain yours sincerely Miss
M. Smith.

P.S. Write & let me know before you send them,Mré. Cooking, so
that I can look out for t[...]ad to see you are all enjoy»
ing good health, as it leaved us at present. We see by your
letter that everything is very bad there owing to the war. It
is Just the same home here. I thank you very much for the pic»
ture book you sent us; we are very fond of pictures. You can
send as much as you like. Everything is very dear, & the war is
still going on; it's bad for eberybody. We are very sorry to
hear th[...]uel; they are killing infants & women. 3
We thibk it is awful. It will be a blessing when it is over.

We heard that the Australian men are coming home here. We though,
you may be with them. We hope your brothers will not go. We 7‘[...]to?
see you all home here. How is Bob getting on with his housekeepei
? Remember us to him & te[...]

. D
will end. We will now close with fondest love to all. From&Y°uT
loving Aunt Grace & Uncle Walter PerkYnS-XXXXX- G°Wd bye» may

G d bl ll. . .
wgth fgggeggulgve to all, I remain your affectionate friend,

Mabel Harry (the writer).xxxxxxxxxx. P.S. We should very much
like to h[...]E

( Answered Feb. 1st, 1915. Two "Sydney Mails" sent; photo promisq

‘Copy of a Christmas card from[...]family. Wishing you a year of Happiness
& Prosperity. Glad greeting & good wishes ' ’
For a year of pleasant days,
Of happy hours & sweetest flowers,
And fair unclouded ways 3“ glifton Bingham. »

Copy of Polly Smith's 1etter:- ,
"Harbion, ollingwood St., Sydney, J[...]fused me the books; so I wrote to
Jim a couple of days after for his permission to get them, but
he did not answer; to I went out to his place yesterday after-
noon; so he wrote a letter to you & told me to put it in with
mine & send it to you. I also told him about the book-case, &
he said that it did not matter, &.he thought it was very good &
kind of you to take care of it. He also said that he would
write to you a long letter later on to let you know now they
are getting on. Don't forget to send me my book, Mr. Cooking,
please, that I got for reciting the 20th psalm: you will see
my name in it. Well, I think I will draw to a close now With
kind regards toall, hoping that you are all keep[...]ted into their own house; they are
boarding at present. Jim*s address:- L4 Glebe Road, Glebe,
Sydney. I remain yours sincerely, Miss Mary Smith."

Copy of Annie Siith's letter:— .
"Balmain, lj, 5, 1915. Mr. Cookin[...]to let you know how things are. Jim told me to write to

you for the book & the rest of the other little things that are
here, I would like you to send them down to me, & let me know

’79w

24 Rose Street, Balmain, Sydney."
(Answered Sun. May 15th, 1915-)
Copy of Jim Smith's letter:- _ ' . _
Rose Street, Balmain,l8th May, 1915. Mr._G0ck1ng. Dear_Fr1end.
I am writing you these few lines for Annie who is ill in bed
with her child, a baby girl who was born on Sunday morning last.
’ she wants you to send the things & she will pay at this end.
’ send them to the Central Railway Station, & let her know when
1 you are sending them. Well, Mr. Cooking, I hope things are se[...]than here. Theyhare putting all the single
* men off so they will go to the front. I don't think I wil[...]this is all the news, so I will draw to a close
with best wishes from your sincere friend, James Smith, per
favor to Mrs. Annie Wise."
(Answered Mayh20, 1915, & books etc. sent in a box by rail..)

3
3
,.

“ppyhof a lett[...]sorry to
hear I have been very sick for 4 months with my liver & kidneys
& under the doctor for treatm[...]hankful that I reel bet-
ter again these last few days.'Hope I shall get on again after

a bit. Of course I am weak: it will take some time to get up a
little strength.,If you know of anything that younthink will do
me good, let me know when you write, for you know about many
things. Thanks for the pictures you sent us; they are very nice.
The war is dreadful, so many thousands slain. When it will be
over we know not. Everything is very dear; it is hard to live,
Not much work. All trades feel it very much. This week the Ger-
mans sank a troopsh[...].;:' ‘I

are all well . Walter is fairly well. With our very best love to

you all, from your[...]

raid it will have to be continued in our next. I hope to[...]I

will give you all the news I possibly can, but it will be in
insta ments/Am rather late in starting to-night as I have just

finished writing home to mother, but I thought it would be just
as well to make a start. Now where amyl to begin. It must be a
mingled yarn. It was like old times to read of you & yours-~
Jack,[...]oing well. I have often looked back on
my boyhood days, as is only natural, & many, many is the time
I've wondered what have become of you. From time to time here
here i[...]have never fai
d to try from them to dig you up. It was rather a peculiar way
you discovered my address, WaSn‘t it ? Murder will out, Joe. A
Well old chap I'm pleas[...]ealth. If I can dig up,a photo or 2 later

I will send you one. The wire is at a school to—night lear[...]ed the home nursing examination.
Our family at present are 5. We had 7--five boys, 2 girls.
Harrold, 21 last 24th of May; born Broken Hill; 5ft.ll.Lillie
if alive would be 19, born at Wallaroo Mines. She died with \
rheumatic fever, July l9lO,(which nearly kille[...]being scalded when his next brother,
Clem, was 3 days old. Clem is now 1; years. Next comes Jack,

& J[...]Ina lo. are a ilne Luu

VI ouys, a I UulHK chips off the old block. ‘

Now for my own people. Father[...]ago. Mother is still alive & fairly well, living with Bertha
(in Kadina) who is now Mrs. Fred Harris,[...]llaroo Mines. He came over
here in the very early days & chased the elusive weight (gold)
but with no great ruck. Some 1) years ago, when Les was scalded
& Clem born, he with his mate were blown up in the Lake View
mine ner[...]as Killed instanter, a_he had 6 months in the hospital a came
out minus his right eye, & never the sam[...]ugh urgent request

from mother, & has never left it. Lily, the other sister,mar-
ried a chap from Ade[...]ther,Frank, is also at Wallaroo Mines.
Never left it. Timekeeper etc. at the old pal xwallaroo[...]

be doing much like myself with 3 meals a day & nothing in
particular to worry about.

My aunt[...]e—— no one knows his whereabouts,
a has not written home for donkeys‘ years. you may be pleased
to know that old lady White, your next door neighbour, is
still alive. I had a "Wallaroo-Times" over the other day.
There was a par about the old lady giving a birthday party;
90 ii l mistake not. Bill nanton was kille[...]a, a few years ago. I
was chatting some time ago with Jabez Dodd,Junior, nere,d

he asked me if I ever[...]Jabez is looked upon here as one of the ablest politicians in
W.A. He is a great Laborite a is a member of the Upper house,
but unfortunately he is a martyr tomrheumatism, & at the
present time is in England undergoing a special treatment un-
der the best doctors there. It seems a great pity; no doubt
he's clever, but his near1ng_is against him (very deaf) always
was a bit that way at school, but now he's really a physical
wreck, screwed up all roads. His eldest boy, about 20, is at
the Ivanhoe gold mine, in the fitting shop, with my Harrold.

I will advise you later when Jabez[...]Wallaroo Mines. My boy Jim is Junior clerk in the office of
the Ivanhoe gold mine, £ 3~lO~O per week &[...]mplain.

Well old chap I'll close for the time as it is getting late,

a it's been raining all the night & very co1d.Kind reg[...]riend Jim Tamblyn."

( I answered Jim's letter, & sent the Spiritualist pampJlet,,
"A Tremendous Statement", on Jun[...]Dear Joe, I must ask,
your forgiveness for not writing before. I think I am getting
lazy as far as writing is concerned. To-night is the only off

i ht I h th' . T —morro (weenes a ) is ins ect[...]i1;Othursdgy night %uXl Uouncig mee ing,

& on friday night is our Rifle Club meeting; & I might[...]

Am hoping t[...]ut we have a big

membership, so one has to go a bit tomget in the first 8. __
This is a game that cannot be learned in a little while, 1“

708

Jabez & yourself was always with your books;mbut I suppose,
Joe, I couldn't help it—- I was never happy unless at cricket,
football, or with a gun in my hand;& I suppose it will be thus
to the end of the chapter. ,

We sent you a small parcel during Christmas, which I trust
reached you safely(It was a silk handkerchief, & it came to nan
d. J.G.). Clem, the third boy, left s[...]as
&his working inia softgoods warehouse, & likes it very much.
He is going to the Technical .School a[...]me Labor trouble here lat-
ely, but thank Goodnes it is all over again, & things are get-
ting normal once more. Harry Gray was here the other day.

He has been laid upmwith an accident in a mine at Ora Banda,
about 30 miles north of here, about 3 months ago, & it is going
to take him a long time to get properly well again. The other
brother, Frank, is in Egypt with the anzacs.

Well, Joe, I'll close for the time,[...]ember me to your Mother, Charley, Jack ,.& Bob.

With kind regards & best wishes I remain your old fri[...]t Grace Perkyns:~

“ To Mr. Josiah Cocking,l5 Maitland Road, Tighe‘s Hill,nr sew-
oastle,fi.S.W. Au[...]that you have a good place to work in; also good
pay. iou said you get 9/4 a shift. That's more than s[...]ou have your children at home to help
you; & when it's well with you remember me. The war is still going

on. I h[...]ed up. There are hundreds gone
from home here who may never return. They are saying that all the
young men have to go. We think it is awful that so many are being
‘killed. Dear N[...]few lines will find you & your wife & children quite
well. Jncle Walter has a very bad cold at nresent. we are

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am quite well at the time of writing you these few lines. Trust-
ing you have spent a merry Christmas, & wishing you a happy new
year, with love from your ever-loving aunt Grace & uncle Wa[...]ce:—

"To Mr. Josiah Cooking, 10 Henson Avenue, Mayfield,Jewcastie, N.$
7., Australia . Jenkins Terra[...]to receive;
also glad to see you are all well as it leaves us at present.
We see you have been busy shifting, d.we hope y[...]e lucky to be in at that time , as you don't
know what would have happened. We are very glad to see that[...]glad to have your photo when you get
the opportunity of having it taken. i would like to see it very
much. Well, the war is still going on, making everything very
bad. It doesn't seem to have any end to it. Nearly all the
young men are gone from here,& still more going. It is very

sad so many being killed. We have hope it will soon be over, as
work is very slack & the pr[...]ve a trifle to spare I would
be very glad to have it as times are so bad.Don't distress
yourself in an[...]is aols
to work again & is getting on all right with his housekeeper.
Well him I ould very much like[...]best of health. Hope you

W@1l not keep us long without writing, as we are always glad
to know how you are getting on. Must now close with f0nd9St
love ffom your ever—loving aunt[...]

a merry °[...]year1w1ll bri-
e U5 all good luck & peace. Re are sending the child«

&Uncle Waiter. Good bye; & may God be with you till
we meet. With love from Mabel Harry. Kisses for the
children .[...]r from the Education Dept.:-

Award of Bursary a, itting to a.course of seconwxw
Education under the B[...]arded your son,William
John Cooking, a Bursary admitting to a.course of Sec-
ondary Educamion. This Bursary will be tenable am the
Newcastle Public High School It will comprise an al}
lowance of ten pounds ( £¥l05 per annum,payable at the
end of each school quarter, together with a grant of
text-books not exceeding in value One[...]g that he will re
main at school for such time as may be necessary to co-
mplete the Secondary School Course. The Bursary is
available onlyon condition that it be take up promptly
at the abovementioned school. Yours faithfully P.Boa‘
rd, Chairman, Bursary Endowment Board.

Students may select a State High, or District Schoolin
which p[...]ary Endowment Act
In choosing a.registered school it is to be understood
that the matter of fees is one entirely between the Bu=

rsary winner & the school authorities.
If a State School be chosen, it should be,
one convenient to the student's[...]

é Mr. Josiah Gocking,No.7, Henson Avenue, Mayfield."

3 ( Answered Feb 24th, 1ei7. ~

l GQB¥~e§ 4Lettss+£ras&%yak—%emlinsen;u»Llaek-Ree$Ls~

_% d&ughte;3;=$mmma,;EeHa¥Hmge€EH£t;4fiA$gymr«§th4May;—

Copy of a letter from Pat O'Grady:'
‘Adela[...]s Cooking, I have had a.few surprises
4 in my somewhat chequered career but none more pleasant
F then th[...]ted. Your letter is date.
July 29th, & I received it Aug. 4th. Now that is not
too bad; & I daresay its journey came to an end quite E
rafiidly as you exaected. It was like this“- Roy Tom, he
w 0 was born at eed[...]those secs probably told tnepq
_postman-all about it, &, as Mr, Dooley would say, the~
re you arre!" Anyhow I read the welcome letter on SA»
turday evening last.
Well, I am glad to have heard from[...]ing,"meddlin", as Cousin John
would say. 1 had a hit of a stru;g1e 'fust along". Hoe-
carrying is not[...]s on the shoulder , almost continuously, caume
ed what I thought was rheumamism, but which 1 have rea~
s[...]‘ T

.' .

you still lived there in 1900—- runs a hairdressing saL»

To 3. Cocking,No.lO Henson Avenue, Mayfield, Newcastle

COPY OF Aunt grace Perkins’ letter to Josiah Cooking,

10 Henson Avenue Mayfield, :-

Jenkins Terrace, fiedruth, Oct. 5rd, 1[...]is a fine boy. Thanks also for the picture hock;
it passes the time away nicely. I was very glad tose[...]he has to drill. This war is awfully bad; we wish
it was over. Very glad to see that your brother Jack[...]e are very
glad to see that Rob is out of the hospital & has started
to work at the Steelworks. I see his housekeeper is back
with him again. Well, dear the times here are dreadfully
had. We donit know what will be done if the war lasts
much longer. The pr[...]to go to war, Well, dear, we have had a‘lovely Summer;

but it is started Winter—— quite dark & & cold. I have not
had a letter from Robe[...], I suppose by this time you are getting
on fine with your house. We should very much like to come
out there & see it, but we can not walk out there. Will
you kindly send a photo of it when you have time?
¥$n2gould1l%hedto see it very much. Well, we hope these few
to‘Ja[...]

‘Q now come to a close with fondest love fr m go r

ever loving Aunt Grace & Uncle Walter. Goo oy .

And now may God be with you until we meet. Hope to

hear from you again[...]4L¥thsecond, 1917.)

CQPY of a letter from Pearl iTomlinson:- *
Iwana, Hermitage Flaw, Lithgow, 6th May, 1918. _
Dear Aunty & Uncle, I received your ever-weloomelett‘
er. Was glad to see by it that you were all well,as
this leaves me the same. Aunty, dear, it must be a hmu
strain on you to keep all those chi[...]here. I would not know him if I saw him; he is
quite a young man, Aunty do try to get Joe to have his[...]frightened of breaking the glass I am so ugly.
Do send me Uncle's ,your own & Joe's photo. I suppose Uncle
got quite a shock when you told him that I had written to
you. Your baby is a darling little boys who is he like“—-
Uncle, or yourself[...]well. I will now draw t
to a.olose, Aunty, dear, with love & kisses from your ever-
loving neice, Pear[...]Remember me to Joe & all
the others. For darling little babyxxxx. l.might come down
at Christmas."[...]letter from Harry Holland:- .

" House of Rflpresentatives, New Zealand. June 18th, 1918.
Dear Joei fiy to-day's Austrglian mgildl received your very d
we come[...]each previous election Paddy had been re~
turned withdL%beraé su pgrt.1ThiSd?3§%eth§ Efigigegfitbggg
erals unite ehin a i era _Cap 1 » g‘ . , . . _
straight o[...]0nSCI1ptlO?3 Eeaceh&Wn§§%%;%l10the en6_
to the bitter end. YouT§an im:%:&eOu% lies & sfander[...]

, night & day,& left no effort unmade to involve me

E a[...]my second wi-

‘ 'thin 5 months) was far more bitter & strenuous than was
Wellington North, &-the w[...]re or less ill ever since.
But I have spoken at a number of emonstrations, & am
booked for Aucklandféoo miles away next Sunday. Shortly
A I shall be touring New Zealand on an organising te&r~
* campaign. The smashsup at Waitu in 1913 & the defeat of the
general strike in 19[...]ons.have convinced most of us that La-
bor solidarity is the essential; & we are working more or
less unitedly to this end. The industrial organisations
have a long way to go before solidarity is achieved. The
Arbitration Court on the one hand, & the reactionary vie‘
'V wpoint of the chief officials of some of the larger organisa
ations on the other hand, militate against complete solid-
arity. On the political field we have the trade unions,
the Socialist[...]n's & other societies
W organised into Labor Representation Committees with a
National Executive located in Wellington, & wh[...]ld under the name of the New Zealand Labor Party. Its
objective is,Socia1isation of the means of Production, Dis-
tribution, & Exchange". & l of its main planks is Repeal of
Conscription. Here in W[...]s the Social Democratic Party (Marxian)
4— & we run lectures every Thursday &-Sunday evening. It was
the Social Democratic Party influence that su[...]cialist objective adopted by the Labor Party when
it was first formed. But I must bring this scrawl to[...]make
good on the floor of the House. Mrs Holland sends love to
3 Mrs Cooking. Your family, like ours, will be growing up now.

with every ood w sh Yours frat rnally H E Holland '
L[...]from Newcastle Wate Roard.:—-
1 Hunter District Water Supyly & Sewerage Board. Newcastle
1

N. S. W. HOUSE CONNECTION FORM.

29th July, 1918. Tenders invited for house connection to
sewer. Sir Referring to[...]for connecting the undere»

mentioned property with the Board's sewerza

L t’
of‘%fi: ggfip- Description-- W.B. cottage.

arty. Situated in-- Henson Avenue.

Munici ality of-— Waratah.
Occupie by——Mr J,Cocking,

807

I beg to advise[...]tin

have been prepared & tenders for tie work invited.

These tenders will be opened at the Board's offices,
Newcastle, at 10 a.m. on Saturday the 3rd proximo,&

the applicant & tenderers may be present if they so de‘
sire. Alfred E.Fry secretary. M[...]t Grace:—
"To Mr Josiah Cooking, Henson Avenue, Mayfield. Julylfl
1818. Dear Nephew & Neice, Many th[...]s so glad to receive, also to hear

you are all quite well. I am very well at present, but Um
ncle Walter is still very sick. He does[...], we received the order alright,& many
thanks for it. I am sure its very kind of you. I hope you
will never want it. Also the illustrated papers. They are
very nice[...]g is such a price, But we must make ,
the best of it. The war is still going onzzwe wish it was over
so many being killed. We hope you won't[...]mber us to him. We were very sorry to hear
about little Walter; but we hope these few lines will find[...]best of heal h. You said You wish
we were there with you. We would like to very much, but we kno
we s[...]o cross now. We are sorry we have kept y
so long without writing, but M.Harry has been very sick & cou-
ld not write. Hope you will excuse us. There is a lot of sickn
home here. They call it the Flu. They say it's in the air, per
haps; so I hope you don't get it, anyhow.Well,-dear, news is v
ry scarce home here[...]very quiet. We are hav-
ing lovely weather at present, but we have had a lot of rai
The doctor said it is good; it will wash away the compla~
ints. Hope you & your[...],r;A my ~
brother Robert; & he is much better. He sent me a photo
of his eldest.son: he is in.the navy.[...]rosger. We know you have a large one.
Must close with fohdest love & kisses from your loving
Au[...]

°°S3 g°3T@ bein »laced over a it wher ‘I had t rk' &
Wheni stood on t epboar 'it avepw ° 6 & Iofgii a *
Oadly bruised my right,§[...]Salter

the ambulance man at the Steelworks, & he sent me home int:
. K A

was badly bruised. He also gave me a certificate, whi

I enclose with this. The accident was not due to my ,M
neglect, as.the board appeared to be in its usual pla '

In compliance with clause 6 of the conditions of my pohxy

~I wish to inform you that my we[...]work
wthrgvush an accident, 1 will try to furnish,it._My policy numb
oer-is 750,569, & the date of sea[...]along. I am posting you a copy

oflast "Worker" with a record of last year's successes. In

the recen[...]im to influenza plague & lost 5 we
eks of opportunity. My principal sp eches were on the Add-
ress-rn- Reply (limited to one hour the Austrian surrends
er,—— in which I explained the Capitalist basis of warfare
& dealt with the secret treaties; the bill to impose disab-
ilities on aliens; & the bill to disfranchis conscientious
objectors.(1imited to %-hour on each of the ; last 3 occas— J
io[...]in Hansard. On some occasions there was

intense bitterness displayed by our opponents. They were

'al[...]of revolutionary socialist. I shall endeavv

r to send you a Hansard with the Austrian speech. The Hansand

reporters are[...]tious objectors at Wanganui barracks «
created a sensation, & the officer responsible has been suspe-
mded, & is to be court-martialled. But the court-martial is It
not going to result in anything. He will be tried by his fell-
ow military officers, & you know what that means. Early next
month the whole Labor Party—‘ 5 Representatives & 1 member of
the Legislative Council-—[...]passes are to be issued to this egg.bring£

c

With all good Wishffyfor all the best the New Yea? I

QQPY of a letter from Editor Vaisey:—
'Newcastle "Argus", Trades Hall, ( N[...]ink you could make something out of. If you study it
alittle you will get the hang of it. Wishing You well,
hours fraternally, Vaisey." P.S. I have secured the
International Socialists" you sent me some time ago.
I will return them probably next Sunday. V."
The cli inc ‘s as follows:—
'. pp ° %BOLSHEVIK sotnimns.
WE DON'$ INTEND TO PAY.
Melbourne, Thureday.-- That Bolshevik teachings have
influenced[...]

heavy debt that they would have great difficulty in wi-
péng off. Three of them‘ as bo%dly,as brass", answered,
(

_,niM lmfiil

ay~- we don't intend to pay. __" n i
I wrote some verses on this, for fhe Argus , but it
ceased publication, so.§hey were not printed; &.[...]nd that my wi-
fe , like all other women, had put it away so safely that
it could not be found._However, it was discovered this week 3
in a.drawer. I was gla[...]ving the old town.,
After all wallaroo in the old days could show a.few points to
up-to- date industria[...]ements. Here our miners are dying very:ms V
fast with miners‘ disease. In Wallaroo Mines there is very
little of it.‘Speaking of school anniversaries.,E;have a let[...], but sometimes give an address in ,
a church. Politically matters are very mixed everywhere,.&
the en[...]ch a.state. I am not
now a member of any party; I may join u with the National
Laborites, but I am heartily sick of al _parties. The U.L.
P. seems to me to be the limit in hypocrisy, & the others
are not much better. T[...]y fighting f9? Plafi
ce,& quarrelling over non-essential things., neglecting the
great issues at-stake[...]- ’o ' ractice rove anti-Socialists. Contract W
it %fi%§§it£:W%;g)in manylgespects’ but compare the[...]

er's account" (owner's account) with contract & ask
, yourself if any mine could ever pay on the "onner's ce
i f~;¢unt system. I am more o[...]ing
else. The land question is the root of all; & Senator
Grant has got a good grasp of the subject. I[...]y‘George's books-on the question & have a go at it., &
I am satisfied that a lot of preconceived opi[...]much better & I can get
about on 2 crutches. Some day I may hobble into Newcastle
& have a look at you. I hav[...]e Kellow a. Jack Humphreys died’ here the other day. " ~

COPY of a letter from editor Macdonald:-

"The Daily Standard , the Labor Da[...]not re-
quiring anything in that direction unless it is short &‘part—
icularly good. I have referr[...]ion re music
printing to our manager, & have also sent him thel/- note

for copies of the paper, Sincerely yours J.Macdonald, editor."

QOPY of a letter from A, Vernon:—

The United Labourers Protective Society, Trades Hall,Syd-[...]ion

to inform you that they cannot recommend the payment of acc-

[ ident Day as the time hawing elapsed according to the rules[...].above:—

4 Cleary Street, Hamilton, 83/4/19. United Laborers Pro-
tective Society. To Mr. J. Cookin[...]e-
ctfully to inorm you that your case was dealt with by the
Executive. I also forwarded it on to the parent society of
Sydney, & I regret to[...]psed, according to rule they cannot recommend the pay

3:2.

. .Like yourself, only w.servant carrying out instructions.
Enclosed you will find a copy of the reply sent me by th
general secretary of Sydney. Again expressing my sympathy

with yo u,"I am yours respectfully J. Blackford, Bran[...]planation of these letters is that I joined the
United Laborers, & shortly afterwards met with an accident
that kept me off work for 12 weeks. I did not know that ads
ording to the rules I was entitled to a pound a week; but 3
I discovered the fact[...]ds that I should have been paid; H ,
but I had unwittingly violated a rule by not sooner sending ‘
a claim & a doctor's certificate; so the executives took adv-
antage of my ignorance & refused to pay me.

COPY of Sister's letter:-
Reed Avenue, Lithgow, April, 1919. Dear Joe &AJinny'
Just a few li[...]poor old Grandad;p
passed away peacefully on Saturday am half past 12 o'clo-
ck. I have written all particulars to Jack, & he will tell
you ev[...]st a gloom over everyh
thing, although, thank God it was not that that our dear
old Father died with. Will you please write me the name of
hi§_Father & his Mother's maiden name if you know it; also
where he was born. I have his marriage cert[...]ig helpto Jim. We did all we could to keep L
him with us, but God wanted him; & our loss is his gain, fa "
r if anyone deserves a Heaven it was our End; My heart seas
ms broken, for I miss[...]oving Sister, E.J.'Pettigrew. ’ t
P. 8. Since writing this yesterday, which I could not post, 4
Ethel Pettigrew's little girl,18.months old, has died. We
are all well[...]le lot of sickness I
& death everywhere. I will write again when I get settled. u