Diary F (21 May 1920 - 20 December 1921) by Josiah Cocking (2025)

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rie her first lesson on the organ. Jinny paid Miss Buckley
~10/b for a quarter. We got a load of coal from the 0o—op.

Thuri May 27, 1920; Last night Walter Ward, the transfer-car

drivr, did not come to work, so I drove the car. To~day our

-boy Jack sat for another examination at the Technical Coll-

ege.He was examined yesterday on chemistry. The Steelworks

award is not out yet, but the rates of pay are being adjus-

ted by Justice Edm[...], though he made most of ,;
it himself, including the copper boiler. I attended a seanc

e at Price's house, at Hamilton, last night, & "Michael Fay" «

& another who is a fast speaker, spoke through me. Only the

Price's & Mrs. Merchant attended. . Michael Fay[...].Sun. May 30, 1920. Following is an extract from "The Greed </
Of Christendom", by W. Rathbone Greg, which I have just fin- ‘:
ished reading.:-"The hope of success, not the hope of reward,
should be our stimulating & susta[...]not
curselves,, should be our inspiring thought. The labors c

of philanthropy are comparatively easy when the effect of

them, & their recoil upon ourselves, is immediate & apparent.
But this it can rarely be, unless where the field of our ex- -,
ertions is narrow, & ourselves the only or the chief laborers, .2
In the more frequent cases where we have to Join our efforts"
to those of thousands of others to contribute to the carrying
forward of a great cause, merely to till the ground or sow

the seed for a very distant harvest, or to prepare the way

for the future advent of some great amendment; the amount 4
which each man contributed to the achievement of ultimate succesé
the portion of the prize which Justice should assign to each 4';
,as[...]7
god. Perhaps few of those who have labored, in the patience

rof secrecy & silenoe,to bring about some political or social

3 hangs which they felt convinced would ultimately prove of

:vast service to humanity, may live to see the change effected, _g
_or the anticipated good flow from it. Fewer still of them will 1
be able to pronounce what appreciable weight their several 1
efforts contributed to the achievement of the change desired.

And discouraging doubts will therefore often creep;in upon _ _.
minds in wh[...]

A - 2,‘~

as to whether, in truth, their exertions had any influence
whatever—- whether in sad & sober fact they have not been
the mere fly upon the wheel. With many men these doubts are
fatal to active effort. To counteract them we must labor to
elevate & purify our_mgtives, as well as sedulously cherish
the conviction -- assuredly a true one -— that in this world
there is no such thing as effort thrown away—— that in all
labor there is profit-— that all sincere exertion in a ri[...]cessarily followed, in spite of
all appearance to the countrary, by an appropriate & propor-
tional success—e that no bread cast upon the waters can be
wholly lost—- that no good seed planted in the ground can fail
tomfructify in due time & measure[...]ments of despondency be apt to doubt, not only whether our
cause will triumph, but whether we shall have contributed to
its triumph-— there is One who has not only seen every exer-
tion we have made, put who can assign the exact degree in—
which each soldier has assisted to gain the great victory
over social evil. The Augean stables of the world-— the accu-
mulated uncleanness_ & misery of centuries—~ require a mighty
river to cleanse them thoroughly away. Every drop we con-
tribute aids[...]individual :
drop should be distinguishable amid the mighty mass of oleansiu
& fertilising waters, far less that, for the sake of distinct-
ion it should flow—— in eff[...]be careful that his name shall-be inscribed upon the mite_j§
which he casts into the treasury of Godi It should suffice
each of us to[...], we must have contributed to its snow
cess; that the degree in which we have contributed is a matter ;[...]ire. But he who sows what shall be reaped , ,
by others who know not_& rock not of the sewer, is a laborer ofi
a nobler order, & worthy[...]hevism",
a pamphlet by Maurice Blackburn. This is the anniversary of
Arthur's birthday: heis four years old to-day. Walter & Fred s
sold me their shanghies & spent the money on birthday pres-

pents for Arthur. I think they all gave him something:
Old Mrs. Robinson-- May‘ Mother—- is very ill. The prince 0f

Wales is being almost idolisod[...]

on driving the granulated slag grab.’

Wed. June 9, 1920. To-night I attended a meeting at Price's,
& there were 4 present. I did some automatic writing; then we
tried to get thespirit of Arthur Roach (who is alive) to
write wit[...]te
what seemed to be a reply or message from him. Then we tried
Mr. Fraser(who is Mrs. Price's father) , & I got a reply from
him in which he said that he wanted to go to s1eep.He is also
alive. Then we got a message from Mary Robinson, who passed[...]I was taken by Michael
Fay, who impressed upon us the necessity for forgiveness
of our enemies. "Old Jo[...]son Jack's pay day. He
refused to let me pay for the camera that he has bought. He
sat for an exam. at the Tech. to—night.

Sat.June 12, 1920. I partly cl[...]re bin at
number 1 furnace to—day. Jack went to the pictures this evening,}

& Fred,Ghar1ie, & F1orrie_went to a lantern lecture, in the
Methodist church, on "Ben Hur".

Sat. June 19, 19[...]was £ 10-15-9. Walter Ward,a
young man who drove the_transfer car, has been taken off that_
Job because he forgot to shut the door of the car & smashed a
cast iron wheel at the limestone crosher. It is a shame that a
worker has to be "sacked" for forgetfulness, while the heads .
of the departments can make any mistake, & even kill workmen,

, with impunity{ However, I hear that brother Jack is going to f

take Walter into his gang again. I am working from 12 p.m. to

8 a.m. this week._The award for the Steelworks is published, A 5
& it gives me 13/8 o[...]ds from a Japanese officer of a ship on Thursday; They 3
have promised to send postcards to Japan in re[...]"secretbiplematic Documents", 2
that I bought in the Trades Hall last Sunday. It is aRussian J
revolutionary pamphlet of 42 pages. It consists of secret
letters & telegrams sent by Sasanev & Nabokov &.others of

the late servants of_state. I have written the following
verses on SECRET TREATIES{

Their rage & worder would be great f

._lI

Gould workers understand the game

Of "War for Markets"‘that is played
By_gay-triots, with steel & flame, _
They'd not support the soldiers‘ trade;

Thoubh slaves have eyes they do not see
And never clearly comprehend

The tricks of thieves of high degree,
Or such deceit would quickly end I

The treaties made,while workers sleep,
By diplomats & royal drones -
All aid the wolves who rule the sheep
And aid to buttress rotten thrones;

.._._ _.

Some day the workers will awake
And understand what war is for,
And wisely will refuse to make

The tools of fratricidal war.

They'll tear aside the fair disguise
That hides the foul & fiendish face
of War, & will expose her flats lies
And infamy, & black disgrace.

They'll strip the "glory" from the hag‘
Who fills the earth with death & pain
And lures her dupes with[...].Socia1ist9)

June 27, 1920. Last night I went to the Sarmy hall &
heard adjt. Druery speak on the "Judgement. The prince of
Wales has come & gone. The capitalist press made a rid-
iculous fuss over the young man, who, like his grandfather #

Ned, is fond of gambling. At the Port Waratah steelworks
very expensife pre[...]

& patriotism;& he is ably assisted by the Jingo parsons

& the kept Press. I am day shift this week; Jose is aft
ernoon, % Jack-is night shift. I have Just re—read "The
materialist Conception Of History", by "Degmatist",( Bob
Ross).I don't agree with his statements.

The following letter from aunt Grace should hav been in-
serted on page 3:5 "Jenkins Terrace, Redruth, June 13,
1920. My[...]I have just received your kind&
welcome letter & the order all safe, & many thanks for it
I hpoe God w[...]fe & all your family are quite well;
atso your brothers & their families. Give them all my ’

.kindest love, a tell Robert I have not seen a young woman

t t will suit yet. All the young women worth sending hav
ne away. We received the picture books, & thank you
f r them; they are very nice. We can't get a house yet;
re are[...]as bad with diabe-
t . You said about strikes out there: it's Just the same
h e here now. mverything is looking as black as can be.
The mines are nearly all closed down; so what to expect w
we don't know; & yet some have made their thousands out
of the dreadful war. Mr. Webster is the same as you about
the war. He says no one should make him go,nor any of[...]t got it yet, but
will try to send it soon. Her mother can't write & is de-
pendent on others; You were saying about poor Walter's
nephews’ wife & the Club. She did not do it straight. she[...]rtably. Mr. & Mrs.
Webster send kind love to you. They are all very well, &
the four children. We are all going to send out our photo
s for you to see us, then you can form an idea what we ar
9 11k6. H[...]

on the 12 p.m. to.8 a.m. shift, after being off work with A

a very_bad cold on the lungs since Saturday. I lost 3

shifts. Now Walte[...]Poor old Mr; Delaware, who used to sweep up about
the blast furnaces, died at the Newcastle hospital yester
day of bronchitis & pne[...]ds & influenza, which seem to have
been caused by the recent cold north-easterly & north wes
terly rainstorm whichhas flooded the greater part of N.
S.W. & part of Queensland. It[...]good,
much-needed rains do so much harm. Most of the nor~weste
rn rivers are flooded, & it is said that thereare‘30 feet
of water on the Liverpool Plains. It seems that where the
late long & severe drought was worst, the rain has been
heaviest. Jose went to a concert in the Mayfield East Met
hcdist church to-night; Jack sat for the half yearly ex-
amination at the Tech. to—day, & than he had to stay & do
cut—[...]ar1ie,
Walter,Arthur, & I have been troubled with the disease.
Jose lost nearly a week's work. He started on day work
yesterday on the coal-bridge job, & put inda bad day—-
going all[...]lost one
shift. Charlie had to stay at home from the Tech. Nearly
everybody is afflicted with the disease, which seems to b
e a recurrence of the deadly pneumonia influenza that the
"heroes" brought back from the wholesale slaughter; But
this year the plague has returned in a milder form, so
there are only a few deaths from it. The epidemic started
at the end of the late prc1onged,severe drought which i
caused the death of millions of sheep & cattle in N.S.W.
Possibly their decaying bodies polluted the air & fed the
germs of disease. It is one year this month since[...]ie Batty (now
Davies) put an "in memorium" ad. in the "Advocate" for he
r husband's brother & for Lizzie.

Thur. July 22, 1920. On the way to work yesterday I was
told that Bert Sheppard had been found dead in the trans-

fer car that he drove on the bins. I found that the repcr
t was true, Ted Conway told me that[...]

& never woke, for the poisonous carbonic acid gas- & the car
bonic oxide gas killed him.

7.
3-30 a..m. Bert said he would go & h

Two hours later the furnace
nipper was sent up to tell Bert to take out some granulated
slag. The boy tried to awaken Bert, but could not. He then
toad the furnace boss, & 3 men ,with Ted Conway, tried to
arouse Bert, but found that he was quite dead. They took Ber
t to the ambulance station & telephoned for a doctor & a
policeman. The doctor said he did not think that Bert's death
wa[...]I think his
death was caused partly by gases from the coke, & partly by
the poisonous alcoholic liquor. I have known Bert ever since
started at the steelworks-—about 5 years ago. He was about
45[...]was an ex
soldier who had killed in Africa during the Boer war. He was
also stationed in India. He was[...]mind was full of
blasphemy & filth. Ted Conway & others took up a collection

to buy a wreath, & are go[...]wil
1 help again. Mr. Blott, who has been boss of the manganese
furnace, is to take my Job on the trestles, & I have to go

into brother Jack's gang for a while;

Fri. July 23, 1920.1 swept up the flue dust around the number
1 stoves yesterday, in the morning, &-in the afternoon I
helped Ted Wilson to shift some granulated slag that had over
flowed from the tank. Brother Jack started again to-day after
being ill some d[...]Jinny bought Florrie a wrist
let watch,cased in mother of pearl, on Thursday. It cost3b/-.
Florrie said it is the best watch in the world 3 Last night
Jinny & Florrie went to Newcastle, & Jack went to the Tech.

I finished reading "Stories From Australia[...]him a birthday present, as he was 11 years old on the
27th of this month, having been born at Wallsend,[...]ll stories we bought a nice

big book entitled “The Wonder Book Of Children", 2e4 pages,
f°T 8/-{Next we bought a Sankey's Hymn[...]

Dtockton, & we walked there in the rain, & after a lot of inq
uiring we found Mrs. S[...]wanted
to visit. She was very much depressed over the sudden death
of Bert. I gave her a few shillings[...]e we did not stay long; & Mrs. Sheppard showed
us the way to the ferry. We ran part of the way, but Just
missed the ferry boat, & had to wait 15 minutes for the next.
We got back to the dyke about 20 past p p.m; & caught a tram
past the A.A. 0o's.bridge. Fred liked his present & the out-
ing very much.’

Uun. Aug. 1, 1920. Jose had to work a double shift last night
& had the misfortune to get another flash in his eyes. He
was in tortures for 2 hours before he left work at midnight
& telephoned to his brother Jack, who was working until 12, t
to wait for him, as he could hardly see. 11 members of the
Sarmy visited Jose to-day. He is better this even[...]wollen. He was
afraid that he would inconvenience the other electricians by
staying at home. My pay, on the new rate, last Friday , was
£ lO~6—3. I have s[...]view
of Gwennap Pit, in Vornwall, to~day, from Mother's sister,
aunt Grace Perkyns, which is aaxfaixamsx- printed on page 5;
isnkznsxfizxxuaaszfiudxuth,

Fri. Aug. 6, 19[...]has whooping-cough, & Walter
seems to be getting the same complaint.

Sat. Aug. 7, 1920. I wrote a lit[...]9, 1920. This morning I started at my old Job on
the trestles, as Mr. Blott is having a week's[...]

"No. 10, Henson Avenue,Tigh[...]you used to live in Oxide street,so I am writing
these few lines to let you know that we are still ali[...]e are all well, thank God :; & I hope you are all the same.

I have been trying for a long time to find[...]& now I do hope & trust that this will not be another fruit-
less letter. Kindly write as soon as you get this, & let us
know how the world is using you. Write to the address at the 1
top of this page, & it will be all right. We remain yours j
with love & gratitude, Josiah Cooking, Jinny, & family."

€43’?!

Mon. Aug. 15, 1920. Last night I went to the Salvarmy hall
at Tighe's Hill & heard adjt. Druery speak on "The Prodigal
Son". Mrs. Druery sang.

F 1. Aug. 27, 1[...]is 13-14-3. This week Jinny put
£ 50-O—0. in the Tighe's Hill post office savings bank. I
Went back to my old Job on the trestles on Wednesday, as the
manganese furnace has started again; The night before last
the the transfer car was thrown off the rails at the western
end by a channel iron, which was in the way. That was at 7-3
0 p.m. , & the car was put back on the rails at about 3 a.m.
by means of Jacks & the ore—bridge grab.We are having some
lovely weather now. Our Jack has taken good photos of Jose,
Fred, Walter, & Artie together. Last monday night Jose, Des
Stead, & I went in the motor bus to the staeium at the roun
d bank corner.& heard & saw Larkin, Teen, Grant, & Glynn, 4
of the I.W.W. prisoners who were recently released by the
Storey government. There must have been 2000 people present.
A co11ection*was taken which amounted to over £ 27-0-O. for
the Broken H 11 fund. Half of it is to go yo B. Hill, & half
topay the travelling expenses of the 10 ex-prisbners , who a
are being sent around the country to speak on behalf of the B
Broken Hill Fund. I havd not received a reply t[...]to Will Trezise & Sister.-I have finished reading the pamph-
let entitled "The Labor Movement In Japan".

Sun-Sap 5, 1920. Last night brother Bob, Florrie, & I went to
Newcastle street, Stockton, & visited the widow of Bert
Sheppard. I went to tell her[...]

a wife & 2 children. During the week Sam Smith, one of the
stock-house foremen, died of pneumonia, in the Newcastle hosp
ital. He also left a widow & 2 chi[...]poor fellow.On
friday evening I went to Roberts, the clockmender,near the .
A.A.Co's bridge, Newoastle, & paid him 12/b for[...]at
midnight to-night. Jose has finished repairing the magneto
for Mr. Cox. It now gives a big spark.[...]and. It is a reprint of a speech made
by Harry in the house of Representatives one motion of censur
e.[...]peak. I bought
a pamphlet entitled "Arbitration & The Strike",lb pages,\by
P. Laidler. Our Jose was 21 years old on_the third of this
month. He was born in will Trezise'[...]aroo Mines,
South Australia. Mrs Sam Woodward was the nurse, & Emily
Martin was the servant for Jinny at the time. I have redeived
from the dead letter office the letter that I wrote.to Will
Grezise on the first of August. I have written the following
verses concerning an announcement in the daily paper that

200 tons of war material have been received from England my
the Commonwealth Government.

xnxxrxs FAI'S BUTOHRY.

"Two hundred tons of war material were lauded for the Fed-
eral Government." Daily Paper. *
"It is proposed to recommend the training of lbOOO young men

who reach 18 years of age every year.“ _
"The total military expenditure this year is estimated[...]§&-

Two hundred tons of food for guns,

Behold them, son & daughter-—

The tools of trade whereby is made

Fat's fratrioidal slaughter. ‘ b

Behold the shells wherein there dwells , t
Infernal force for killing‘, I

Deluded slaves,whom cunning knaves
Conscript when they're unwilling-

surprise visit to celebrate

~ ~ - s 11; _,
The workers’ hands in other lands
Have made this hellish lumber,

.That working men in field & fen

May die in unknown number;

The gang that rules the working fools-—
The gang that loafs & orders—-

Tell working men,with voice & pen,
Their foes are o'er the borders.

Those thieves declare we should prepare[...]nest traders,
To _use a gun on Jap or Hun,

»Or other vile invaders I

0 Slaves, awake, arise & take

The land wherein you're living;

And make no more suc[...]01’ cherished sons as prey for guns;

And stop the wicked slaughter
Of foreign slaves for crafty knaves
At home, or o'er the water 1

Tell Billy Hughes that you refuse
To kill your foreign brothers,

To save the cash of ruling trash
In this land—-or the others !

‘The crimson flood of workers‘ blood

The plundered nations sever.
May warfare cease: let's live at peace
With all the world for ever !"

(Printed in "The Revoiutionarv Socialist" ,Oct 9th,

20).

€93[...]Burgess,
Lisle Burgess, Violet Sheldon , & some_others gave Jose a

him a pair of gold sleeve—links. They had gahes,& singing,
& playing the organ until after 11 p.m. I went to a meeting
of the Newcastle Literary & Debating Society, & spoke on
it's "Unification Bill". I did not Join, as they are too
conservative & patriotic.

Sat. Sep. 12, 1920. To-night Frank Robinson (brother of '

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12: ‘ e e ”
Ethel) was married to a wide
w of Wingham, named Cox, who has 3 children, the eldest being
lb years old. Jinny, Jose, & Walter went to the wedding. Unfo
rtunately the fun was spoiled by brother Jack being taken ill
suddenly after drinking a bottle of soft drink. The gas gave
him a pain in the heart, &.it was an hour before he was right
again.Frank has been off the drink_for a year, & is a better
man than he was.[...]stle & paid th
e Go-op. store bill. I put £ 2 in the savings bank, which mak
es £ 35. I also put ino5 pounds for Jinny, which made her tot
al 55 pounds. Brother Jack is well again, & he & May are off

on a hol[...]ownie
camera that will take films. I have written the following_

verses:- _ I
DON'T ARBITRATE F

The worst of fools upon the earth
Whose unpaid labor, soon and late,

Keeps p[...]My words are forceful, I admit, ,
But—I believe the statement's true;

Andfyour heads the cap will fit, ,
Then it applies, my friends, to you I

You gravel for[...]your weary lives are spent. _
For drones who eat the food you give .

Yes, you feed THEM, they don't feed you
As they have taught you all their lives;
You feed & clothe, by work you do,

Your idle masters & their wives.

Your labor, when applied to land[...]

‘I’: ' i

“It is proposed to recommend the training‘.
of the 16,000 young men who reach 18 years of

age every year.” . .

“The total inilitary expenditure this year

is estimat[...]ughes.

Two hundred tons of food for guns,
Behold them, son and daughter——
The tools of trade whereby is made
Fa.t’s fratricidal slaughter.

Behold the shells wherein there dwells
lnfernal force for killing _
Deluded slaves, whom cunning knaves
Conscript when they’re unwilling!

The workers’~ hands in other lands .
Have made this hellish lumber,
That working men in field and fen
May die in unknown number.

The gang that rules the working fools—-
The gang that loafs and orders——

Tell working men with voice and pen,
Their foes are o’er the borclers.

Those thieves declare We should prepar[...]st traders,

'l‘o use a gun on Jap or Hun,

Or other vile invaders!

Q’ slaves, awake, arise and ta[...]Oi’ cherished sons as prey for guns;
And stop the wicked slaughter

Of foreign slaves for crafty knaves
At. home, or o’er the water!’

Tell Billy Hughes that you refuse
To kill your foreign brothers,

To save the cash of ruling trash
In this landror the others! i

A The c1.'in1s0n flood of workers blood

The plundered nations sever;

_ Let’s live at peace
With all the world "for ever!

Sept.10th,l920.

“DANDELION.”

13.

"Call no man Master, Jesus
_said~-

‘The MAN the masters cru~
Cified%-

But ever since nis spirit[...]pite abuse;

V Resolve that you will all
control

The wealth your active hands
produce;

Don't arbitrate, but ORGAN-
_ISE I
Join O.B.U. & use

Unite to make the world your
prize; ,

And all the wealth the world

contains.

be
4.2
U\

your brains;i

Wed. Sep. 22, 1920. Alf Jordan has r[...]kts "PflilOg
ophy Of A Future State". I lent him the pamphlet on Arbitr
ation" by.P. Laidler, & he als[...]en V
very impudent & disrespectful again to his Mother. I hope
he will soon get enough intelligence to[...]24, 1920. This morning I went to Newcastle & paid
the store bill. I_bought a pound of sal ammoniac for[...]en I returned t
to Tighe's Hill, & came home with them. This is pay day_for
Jose & me. His pay was 5 13[...]phew;
I received your welcome letter yesterday, & the money order
all safe, & very many thanks to you & your kind brothers fo
r it. Give your brothers my kindest love. I am glad to see
they are all well, & their families. I am sure you are more
than kind, all[...]me. God will bless you for it. I
see that your brother Jack's son is to be married.very soon
& I hope he will be very happy with his wife. There are hun
dreds of young couples married home'here,sinoe‘the war, &
that is making the houses so scarce. We cannot get one yet,
so we ha[...]our letter h
he is having a new one built. That's the way to start in li
fe-— no fear of being turned out. The houses home here are

nearly all being sold; & people that's been in their houses‘

for years-are turned‘out like dogs. It seems that they that
have got so much extra money in the money-war can buy & do
Just what they like by the poor pe0pl6:& the rates & rents

are going up shamefully. I had a l[...]pe to hear on his next let
ter that he is better.,They had Just celebrated their gol
den wedding, & had a grand feast at the hotel. The child-

ren gave it between them, & their sons & dauvhters ‘& all
their families were present, numbering over 0. I had ones

of their photos sent home to me that was taken for their
children to have one each. They 100k Very D109 indeed

we

in town to have it done. I shall
be glad to receive 1 of yours if
your son takes them all right.We
have Just got HissHarry's.address.[...]ing well. She was tired of
home here, so went out there to
U.8.A.'to her married sister, &
she gets more money, too. We are
getting lovely weather for the
harvest. Now I must close with my
best love to you & your kind wife
& family; also your brothers &
families: give my kindest love
to them all. Your loving aunt,
Grace Perkyns. -
Mr. & Mr[...]indest love to you. Mr.

_ owebster seems to have the same
opinion of things as you have, to
the very End.What a troubled

(anon. c hf‘-:[,. 57‘.

1910..
(For “The Toiler, ’” by Daisy.)
The worst of fools upon the earth, -
Whose unpaid labor soon and late
Keeps p[...]My words are forceful, l admit, -
But I believe the state1nent’s true,

And if your heads the cap will fit,
Then it applies, my friends, -to you!

You grovel for[...]gli your weary lives are spent
For drones who eat the food you give.

Yes, you feed ’l‘llEM, they don"t feed you
As they have taught you all "their lives;

You feed and clothe, by work you do,
Your idle masters and their wives.

Your labor, when applied to land,
Creat[...]no in/an Master” Jesus said-—

’l‘l1e Man the masters’ erucified—~
But ever since His spir[...]l€,’zt13,cy jo hoary age,
And be to receive ,
The pittance called a. “living ‘\vage’l"’ '[...]E!

Join O.B.U. and 11 your brains;
Unite to make the wor \ your prize,

And all the wealth the world contains.

‘$97

your letter of the 18th reached me to-day. I have been.ill

off & on for the last couple of‘months,‘& was away from th

e[...]as a result. we are sitting un-

til 1,2, & 3 in the mornings, & then have to be back at 10

a.m. for committee work.

He the pamphlet you speak of: I am sure you would write it

in the way that would reach the understanding of the aver-

age man; but printed matter is a costly pr[...]to get for £9 & £ 11 a ton

when I was editing the "Maoriland Worker" is now round abo

ut £ 100 a ton. It costs us,£ $0 to print 5000 sixteen—page
pamphlets, &_I understand :hhis will be increased[...]ult I am 100 puunds_1n
debt; but of course I have the literature on'hand—~w& in ti

me I hope to get clear of the liability. My other pamphle ts
were taken up by various branches of the Socialist & Labor movem
ment. In one case a suppo[...]it would not be possible for me to find money'for
the pamphlet you suggest-— merely because I haven't the cash.
We get £ 300 a year. I live about 400 miles from the seat of §
government. My home is on the West Coast of the South Island. I
I have to travel by steamer, hors[...]allowed travelling ex]
penses once each way. All the rest we have to pay; & last-year,
after I had pai[...];,.my pay worked
out at £ 2-10-O a week,nett. At the present,time there is a
proposal before the House to lift the wages of Ms P. , & if
this comes off I will under[...]w Zealand. I would advise you first of all to get the "Ar-
gus", Newcast1e,to give you a price for 5000[...], so far as I can see,.
with any chance of making the edition pay for itself.

We have been having some stiff battles in the House of Rep-
resentatives. Recently the Government brought down a Bill
providing for brin[...]ices
under astounding conditions. We fought it on the second read-

ing, with such persistence that at about’l a.m. the Prime

Minister urged the speaker to" stop the speeches being record-
ed in Hansard. We t[...]

;

..,i-i7:i_w. it ll

fin the old days in Germany. when the Bill went into Committee

we fought it clause by[...]amendment after amendment.
All night long we kept the division bells ringing, being defeated
on every o[...]ng party. I am writing this in a hur:
ry, & while the House is sitting. It is a most difficult task

to attempt to write while other men are speechifying. When I

get back home I will write you more fully. Kind regards to Mrs.
Uocwing & family. Yours fraternally H.E.Holland."

Fzxxzsspzzfidxh[...]’ ' A

Mon. Sep. 27, 1920. Last night I was on the 12 to 8 a.m. shift
& read the "Proletarian Review", which is a little paper pub[...]ectivism". It is a speech
made by Jules guesde to the French Chamber of Deputies on

"What the Socialists Really Want" . Price 3d. At work I read
?The Organisation Of Labor",a 14 page pamphlet by William D.
Haywood. This evening Jinny intended to see the picture,"On

Our Selection", but as Walter sudden[...]me to attend to him. Florrie went to Lambton with the Sarmy
Guards. This evening I dissolved the pound of sal ammoniae in

lo cupfuls of hot water & tried some of the new solution with
the ti-tree porous pots in the Leclanche electric cells, &

got a little electri[...]as
comes from a dry call. I lent Bill Fitzgerald,the engine-
driver, the pamphlet entitled "Arbitration", by P. Laidler.

Thur. Sep. 30.1920. To—day Florrie & her Mother had their photo;
graphs taken at Grsenham's studio, Newcastle. Both are on the
same plate, post—card size. We are to get b cop[...]turning a lot of green mangrove wood on Jose's
lathe, to make a porous pot for a Leclanche cell, to see it

a wooden pot will act as well as an earthenware pot, but it

did not as its internal resista[...]gh.

Sat. Oct. 2, 1920. Jinny sent five pounds to the bank to-day,
making the total b5 pounds saved. This evening she went with Flo
rrie, Jack, & Jose to Hamilton to hear the Dulwich Hill Band.
Last night, at work, Alf Jorda[...]bad
fall off a chair, & struck her nose & lip on the bathtub,
yesterday. - ‘ . .

Wed. Oct.o, 1920.[...]ay. Doris Orchard is to return to Sydney to-da
Brother Jack & May have returned from Taree, where they stayed e

999

18.

Son Jack is now working in the big lab. at the steelworks, & he,
likes thethe following lines to me:— '

, USEFUL WORK AND USELESS TOIL.

(A labor song written for the "Revolutionary Socialist" after
reading William M[...]ted".) ’

"Usegul Work & Useless Toil"
Shows the slaves who till the soil

How to get the boundless wealth their labours make—-
How to live in peace & ease =
And get anything they please—- _ ‘
In all countries when they really are awake I

Ghorus:- ’

Work, boys, wo[...]ng less than ALL that you produce.
Don't maintain the "Upper Ten",
Be not abject slaves--but MEN,
And n[...]t for use.

"Each for all, 8: all for each,"

I s the motto you should teach,

“Love your neighbors a[...]h life;
Make this earth a world of love,”

Like the Paradise above,

And engage no more in fratrioidal strife 3

"Be audacious"and command

All the oceans & the land;

Be the owners of all tools that you employ;
Stop all wars and brothers be

To the toilers O'er the sea; _
And united own the world in peace &-joy I

Mon. Oct.ll, 1920. Last Saturday I went to Newcastle & paid

the Co—op. store bill & bought a pair of pliers (4/b) & a
file(/10% ). Then I got Jack's camera out of Lazar's pawn
sho , & paid £ 2 to Paling on the organ; I went to Brent &

War urton's ,on[...]

to a Guards demonstration at Merewether. I had a talk with
Will Brown, whose wife died suddenly some_years ago in child-
birth. He is after another Job, & is contemplating marriage
with Mrs Englis[...]on.>

Fri. Oct. 15, 1920. Yesterday Jose received the combined volt-
meter & ammeter from Anthony Hordern. Last night Jinny paid the
doctor who is in Crothers' place; O1ace_Burgess played our or-
gan until[...]orked from midnight until 8 a.m. Young
Syd. Pugh, the transfer car driver, was hurt by being jambed
between_the larry-car & a concrete wall of the hoist-house
about 5 o'clock this morning, & was taken to the hospital. I
drove the transfer car for the rest of the shift. I received
the"Revolutionary Socialist" to~day, & was surprised[...]'t Arbitrate". I
had sent “Don't Arbitrate" to "The Toiler", but did not know
whether xkcx it was printed by that paper or not.Probably The
R.S. reprinted from the Toiler.

Fri. Oct. 22, 1920. Last evening I took the handsaw & went into
the bush on the Eastern side of Sandgate. A woman who lives at
Ironbark Hill gave-me a ride in her sulky part of the way. I
got into a swamp & hade to wade through it. I crossed the New»
castle to Maitland railway & got into the scrub & out 4 blocks
to make porous pots. It was[...]t a pair of Goss-
ack boots to work in,for 21/bat the Qo-op. store.

I have written the following verses for "The Toi1er":—

THE IIlIIlI_SOLDIER's' LAMENT.
(Tune, "oft In The stilly Night."

Oft in the silly fight,
With other fools around me,

Stern Mem'ry brings a s[...]

dIbI;:L and lines .
*“ Where we have s[...]i‘1'

' _(A labour s0ngAwrit‘ten': for-“f‘The"R§e§ro1uti0i1aI?yM Whe re b08868 rave at[...]<3’::i'YY)9rk a_4n.ol.jbe Cox_1::;V» . Thus in ‘the silly. fight,

I ‘“~‘~- Where other fools surround me,

‘stern Mem'ry brings a sight

. Shows the plundered slaves ‘Who toil ‘V _. To,shame 8:[...]e i1rpeac‘e and ease‘ * .
Aiid get a11ything'they p1ease—_— .- -’
o In all c0mm'ies*w11e11 they rea1ly»7are"aw&'1; In fear, for W3-ge3 Sm-3111![...]i" Ten,A”fI' ' With shame I‘ O~8.1'1n0‘b smother,
Be xxotabject slaveséé-but MEN," M ' .; L ‘e a, ain the mark of Gain

. _ , , , . . And h1o_ g
And no Ion[...]t——beut_w_fo.1_' use. _ I got for killing bl-ether 3
‘ . 1?; ;‘:_ . 7*’: «'c-'- ' V '
M n «- «»«.»y~w- There in the silly fight,
E‘-I f,‘ 11,. 1 llf h,’- .
Is[...]' “ A’ To shame & to confound me.

How to get theboundless wea.1th~,"i§geir‘1abf '
'“TV"("' %[...]1d ;'0‘jf _1‘_'q.‘ve,_U; II . e.?~.. v
Like the Paradise: above. N " " ' ;7 . ' - i‘ ‘
..;; ,. . .—o H_ Oft in thethe oceans and the land; , ‘ V E ,L1ke fiends in darkest 1'11-E-M[...]@%; ’% /¥w:~ For lords & kings,for murder
"Toe-‘the t_0i1_ers 'o?er.#.heg‘sea;‘1"' [J ' . rings '

9

And unfltéd own _the'W0r1d in P?ae§.‘_§,nd~ J-py1~L:_. In trenches[...]drones». H“
Fgr markets and for "glory", \»u_
There in the 3111? fignt

With other fools around me

stern Mem'ry brings 3 Sight
To shame and to confound me,

There where the workeys fight

And. die with moans of anguish»[...]gs 3 Sight

0:‘: orphaned babes w_ho ;angu1Sh3

The bitter tears,_tDe n°pe1eS§ Years
Of wido[...]

(Tune, “Oft in the Stilly Nigh’t.”)jf g. Stérn mem’ry brings a sight
To shame and to confound me.

3
V. There where the \v(grlcers fight I
_ . / " And die; with mo ns_ o[...]s'i.vl1o lzmguish,
'10 Shame am! to wnfound me'~ The hitter. 'teai"s',..f.the' hopeless
;» The mills and mines, thethe 3-illyvvfight,

'i who Sm.V°-H . "\Vith dyih "[...]hameéiad t'ot“ebn‘foiinii me:
» W‘I1ei~e othether, ,‘fiJ
‘And hide again the/..mark.of Cain
I got for killing brother!
_,Tl1ere.inri the silly fight, V
‘ With murder toolsggiround me;[...]d.:to»confound me. i
T - ~ 4

,'- ' - f
g Oft in the silly fighf
- Where screaming -shells are[...]

(You don‘t read i-Eibles nowadays,
You read the “'l‘elegrapl1,”-

The “Arrow,” and tl1e“Refcree”
You hold beneath your chiii '

‘.Vhich horse is sure to win 5)

They made a golden half, we-:’re
told, 4
But be it understood
its shine was made of ‘borrowed’
gold, .
The rest was made of wood!
And unashamed and undismayed
They knelt upon the sod '
And lour.lly’to the idollprayed~——
To that insensate god-«~ ‘

To give them allthnttheyrequired—
Food, clothing, health and lands.
And running streams, which they
desired
Instead of desert sands.
With fancy’s eyebehold these men .
VVith child-like faith sublime, _
Who, though they got no answer’ _
then ' *
Believed 'f‘.rould come in time! '

Now Moses ’ from the mountain
height _ .
Came ‘down with ten decrees[...]oses didn't laugh
But absolutely raved!
With rage The raised his magic ;
rod, ‘ ‘
And on a rockdid smash

V The decalogue; and”seized- their

god-

And burnt it to an ash!

He strewed the ashes on a pool,
And then, upon the brink, _ , -

He made each idol-servingrfoole. V ‘
Imbibe a bitter drink!

'i‘But what have Mfises and theThe soldierjand the pugs!
Why longer worship pugs and nags
And fortunes great expect?
Your gambling further downward
drags; V, ‘- ' ' i
Ariseiand stand erect‘!

Why grovel at the feet of Luck,
And root in mud like swine!
Arise a[...]. ‘
Which he can hardly give?
Why not. with brother slaves

unite, .
I,

A nobler life to live ? '[...]on Grand)

And organise, like Russians do,
To own the tools and land ? T

VVhy gamble for your \-vorkin[...]hich he digs and (i~'>ives,
Vx/'hen you could own the fields‘
and woods
And own your souls you[...]

E

23. V -
Thus in the silly fight

With dying dupes around me,
stern Me[...]ame and.to confound me 1 Daisy.

We have recekved the following letter from my Sister:—
Reed Avenue, Lithgcw, Sep. 1920; Dear Brother & Sister,
forgive me not writing before, but we have had a lot of si
ckness with the children & myself, but we are all well at
present[...]ur family are well too; Everything i
s Just about the same up here. The Winter has gone, and we
are enjoying beautiful weather. The pit is working well, t
though Dad has oavelled a[...]ellie & Bob are living with us still, but keeping themsel
ves. They cannot get ahouse anywhere. Vera is walking ev
e[...]o her shoulders. She does not resemble her poor
Mother, but in her lively, energetic manner. She is almo
st talking , & is the life of the home. I got a letter
from Bob Woodward yesterday,[...]rts feel her loss, & always will; I don't
know whether he will take our baby or not, but I have ple-
ad[...]to let us have her.

Now, Joe, I suppose you have the ointment which Jim used t
o make down there. Well, he makes it up here & is going to
Sydney[...]ossible; He recognises your superior knowledge of
the dictionary; & he wants you to pick a name that it[...]good ointment. It seems his ambition to
put it on the market; & I think, judging by its success s
0 far[...]tmas, but my
health is so bad that I seldom leave the house; I shall be
pleased to see any of you at any time; & you will find Li
thgow no so bay in the Summer. ,I hope the pleasant sur-
prise you speak of will be a mate f[...]dear Sister. Give our lo
ve to Jack & May, & tell them I am looking forward to thei
r annual holiday, & hope it will be a more pleasant stay
at Lithgow than the last. I will write to them this week.
I am ashamed to say I have not answered their last letter.
I hope Bertha is better, & Jack to[...]any for her holidays. Write soo
n. Your loving Brother, Sister, & family" ‘
(Answered Oct. 5th, 1920.).

Thur. Oct. 28, 1920; The paper to-day announces the death

‘ed into comparative silence & obscurity. I have written
the following verses:-

THE RELIGION OF CAPITALISM.

God decreed "Thou shalt[...]& Rent:

I shall slay on field and flood,

Though the earth be stained with blood,,
And build empires o[...]property; & happiness, & life .

"I control &nown the Press;

And my Jingo parsons bless

My defiance o[...]s_and schools

Make my scholars willing tools

In the battles that my paupers wage for ME 1

For my Int[...]Of my patriotic dupes to early graves .

Whilst the workers‘ eyes are closed

I shall always be dis[...]l Jail,with little ruth,

Those who dare to speak the truth,

I shall victimise & starve unruly[...]

All the land from sea to sea
I declare belongs to ME;‘

All the wealth the world contains I claim as MINE 1
All the workers on the soil '

Were designed for ME to toil,

And to grcvel in their poverty like swine..

I still rule with iron will;

I still lie. & rob, & kill;

And the wealth that I have stolen I shall keep:
My possessions are secure, »
And my power shall endure,

For the workers of the world are fast asleep I

Tues. Nov. 2, 1920. A collection is to be made at the Steel
Works for Joe Hughes, of Wallsend, whose father died recently
of a cancer. Joe has been ill & un[...]onths, _

& it is said that he also has a cancer. There was a very violent:

thunderstorm last evening. I interviewed Mr. Calder at the ?

steelworks yesterday & tried to get Charlie a start as a pat~
tern maker, out there was no vacancy.

I have written the following verses:—

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

The ancient Jews, the Bible says,
Once made a golden calf :
(You don't read Bibles nowadays,
You read the "Telegraph",
"The Arrow" and the "Referee"
You hold beneath your chin
And eagerly peruse to see
Which horse is sure to win 1')

They made a golden calf, we're told,
But be it understood

Its skin was made of "Borrowed" gold,
The rest was made of wood.

And unashamed & undismayed

They knelt upon the sod

And loudly to the idol prayed——

To that insensate god-—

To give them all that they required—- f
Food, clothing, health, & lands,

And crystal streams, which they desired
Instead of desert sands.

With Fancy's eye behold these men

With child-like faith sublime,
Who ,though they got no answer then _

Believed 'twou1d come in time I

Now Moses from the mountain height
Game down with ten decrees

And s[...]he raised his magic rod,
And on a rock did smash

The decalogue; and seized their son
And burnt it to an ash 1

He strewed the ashes on a pool,

And then, upon the brink,

He made each idol-serving fool
Imbibe a bitter drink.

" But what have Moses & the calf
_To do with us to-dsy T"

Have patience lnth[...]hat all Australian mugs

Revere and almost deify

The soldiers and the pugs.

Why longer worshipm pugs and nags,
And fortunes great expect ?

Your gambling further downward drags;
Arise and stand erect 5

Why grovel at the feet of Luck,
And root in mud, like swine 3
Arise[...]ite
Which he can,hard1y give ? ,

Why not with brother slaves unite,
A nobler life to live ?

Why not unite in O.B.U.

(The One Big Union, grand)
And organise,1ikeoRu[...]

To own the toolsjand land ? ,1, g
why gamble for your workma[...]which he digs and delves,. , ,
When you could own the fields and woods . K
And own your souls yourselve[...]ssess what?s made and grown;
Combine and dominate the earth

And make it all your own .

Another letter from Sister:— 2:
"Reed Avenue, Lithgow, 28th October, 1920. Dear Brother
and Sister, At last I answer your welcome letter. We are
all well at present, & hope you are all the same. I de-
layed answering your letter until Jim[...]t everything is settled up now,
& you will see by the enclosed labels that we took your
.suggestion in reference_to the name. we would not have ;
thought of it ourselves[...]idently labos- ~
ing under a mistake in regard to the snow, for I have not *‘
seen any since I arrive[...]t colder
here that newcastle,;& we have fires all the time, but coal
is cheap, & it is handy to have fi[...]‘U
ever was. Florrie never ails a day. Lila is the biggest, eggfi
strongest girl in her class, and she is in the bth c1ass,'fi**
having only 2 more classes to go into to reach the secondary;
& little Jim is like a young bu[...]

l ‘ ’ StY0ng Words. Sendqsugleari/es to muirdier-ll others!

i
2

I

You rank among the few today
,Who don’t for wholesale slaughter

l[...]20990 Aim C0”§~§l‘€é§3- For markets for their masters;

tional Cliurch, Seattle, U.S.A., ’[...]d “God Save {he

to assist ten'ipo4‘ai'ily in the min» I King,” I

istry with Dr. Chiirles Strong; of Nov praise the gory hosts who
the'r'\ustraliaii Church, now being ' bring V
-held in the Playhouse. An idea Diseases and disasters_

of Rev. Sydney Stro.nig's message
may be gathered from the follow-

Unlike the lingo frauds who

ing brief extract from his address preach ..-
on “The New Social Order” : You do believe in what you teach
v 5

And holy hypocrites impeach
VV_ho foul the Name of Jesus
And mantifacttire shot and shell
To make the earth a second hell ——“ *—
Where warring workers kill and ~

“The Rogues‘ Gallery of Jesus
is largely made up, no[...]‘ 'h C -' "V £*~ C-M9“ '‘’>‘
5 contain the faces and names of , ‘- S as “C 35 1”QQSUS-[...]-< w- 3 2 3- 3’; E
l' those who are usually gathered in Whe“ Veadlfiél 0 6*‘ YOU!‘ W01‘dS ' ~ 8. . «:9 ‘if E '5
.- . _’ Q) X 3c.:4.c.<.c:
by the net. The chief crime would , 3“ 7 ‘me, .; g0 Q) C-; {L U4 :3 W I
be found to be hypocrisy, and the l My m1“dl’e,C3llS that 3“C‘e“t time 3[...]m‘ an E E 0 CE " cf:

' R inadequate. ‘One of the pri'soner_s I Cflme “ .30 “: '” S? E 5
fi[...]9-” Q},

i think is all wool; or; ' hing out them sufficed, - = ,_, E '5 5 "W E’ “ c. -.91“:
: I. " »l L. ' z "'
sugar that is 100 per cent. profit; They“ kept the 131W Of God and 5(7) *5 ¢’-‘.9 E.-~’ C U c[...]"3 ‘ ‘Cf;
ing a bayonet over a Mexican and l They P6 “-shed under Nero. (:2 D :2: <33 <33

2 an[...],___~_«
l democracy should remember that Belmltl the Christian’ churches L__h ,."lM.“'
the common man, the average _1'10VVa ' .- i ii’ 3 Mi 5,
man, must be big enough to be a - Thethe workers it is». right Ea’;/3 £3 -9
. Strong _[...]dless slaves should drill >1‘ .5
(Please pass the -smelling s_alt's_7 and fight *3‘; 55 5: *5
al[...]cattle! E‘ ,, '3 ~U‘ '>,
. K For men to kill their brothethe

Mon. Nov. 8th, 1930; This is 8 Hour Day in the New-
castle District; & Jinny took the children to the beach.
Charlie & I went separately to the 8 Hour sports in the
ehowground. The only one that I knew there was Ran Rees,
of Wallsends I went to the beach but could not find our
people; so I came home. I met Billy Don on the beach.

I worked with him in Wallsend oolliery.[...]ed reading J, Brady's‘
pamphlet "Irish History: the Historical Basis of S00“
ialiem in Ireland". I[...]t Grace 1
Perkyne, on Sunday, in reply to here of the 5rd of Sep.
& I an sending a photo of myself & 1 of Jose.A1so a
small, soiled photo of our house. Besides these I am
sedinga co iea of "The Sydney Mail"--one to Aunt Grace,
& 1 to Mrs.. 1y[...]Mr. Webster some Socialist
papers. I have written the following versee:-

FOOLISH MAN.

‘ - W ‘V '1[...]postors cool.

I

r (By DAISY.) ,
' ‘ [

Hmv clothe" littlerbusy -bees‘
‘Employ ezt-ch stlfiiiiy hour, .

By gett*in’g'.l1oiiey from the trees
For ,id.l,ers to devour? .

Such lunacy is left for men,
Who live in debt and dearth

To keep the idle ‘Upper Ten,
And let them own the earth.

' l

i Theihuman slaves toil, fight and

Not sell? Eflie cr[...]‘ W l ; ' Of hunger and disease, _

A”.d g"“the»‘"~€i1~l'they C«a”~ - . . ‘ And. steel, and lead, that thieves
To live at ease; ~they’re not so mayhe .

,'d5"."~°;e. ‘ '. ; . ‘ » In luxury and ease.

As IS the worlting mz1n- ._ __ _, ____(,_<_,_ ; _____ A_ .~
They cion’t shve summer winter And‘ few kdOW' how[...]r

., .' V. \ c 7 ' 5 dare, V; .. -V I V

And all their lives 1 .. To’ yVa.1i9:'ihé 3i"f°‘"“°”S up ;‘ ' i
Nor all their stores of honey bring I - And ilttlé ‘E0 the Wage'S1aVeS Cafie

For drones within their hives. ' If their horse Wms the Cup’

. i. .. , . B

\Vhy do the nimble ants explore l. The” hzgfiis of hapbpmess and ’

Theifields each shihing day.

And garner grain within their Are founded all 0" Chance;

Stove t ‘ They trust to luck, not sense, for
A , ’ wealth,
T01 those who only play? 3 AS backwardsthey advance !

Oh, no l The little ants are wise; _ » ..
They store food on their shelves od thamgni ,9; 3

And have the sense.to organise, , .
To eat their food themselves! 3 support rm drones

The bees and ants support no ncely ease:
drones G08t1[...]es and costly thrones .83, please '

And anything they "please '1

The human slaves toil,fight, 8: die

Of hunger 8: dis[...]& ease.

And few know how, & fewer dare

To wake the workers up;
Andnlittle do the wage-slaves care
If their horse wins the Cup 3

Their hopes of happiness & health

Are founded all on Chance;

They trust to 1uek,not sense, for wealth,
As backwards they advance 1

,, Daisy. "
sent to The revolutionary Socialist Nov, 17-ch , 19go_

The sunshine and the balmy air,

- -A 3 y (me I_bow
A Soclallsts Praye[...]ou would help us
now » Lth want 3: crime,
To rid the world of war and 1139,3363

Sham?! aoial slime,
The earth is filled with want and ya at ease .
crime[...]all that '8 good -"'

. ease! . guy air,
You made the earth divinely fair * lint WO0d.,
And furnished it with all that”s ', _
‘ %°°d*- ' the award,

The waters and the verdant ‘._vine 8‘ tree:
wood, ,5. .h sweet aceord,

The flowers to adorn the sward, EDDY be . i
The luscious firuits on vine and

tree.[...]

When rulers Your decrees[...]who

Observe ‘each hypocrite who g]

And force their conecript old i g‘.°atS‘
Each other on earth,eea, 8: 31: On fields of blood——wh[...]our decrees defy
ma eta’ pomph 8° it And force their conscript slaves to

To satisfy each grasping gait» .. km
o'erWhelm such hY10Ocrites with Each other on earth, sea and

Till cleansed from warfare‘[...]. Who root in filth and rush to
kill! . i
0, may the nations soon arise
‘ From slavery, and want ahd[...]e human 3
Who root in blood, & rush to k:

0: may the nations soon 3.1139
F3031 Slavery, 8: want, & sin[...]s devise,
And better: purer life begin 1

0 . rid the earth of. 1;11;1e;1 dmn
And parasites of high d-3[...]worthlei And a better, purer life begin !
nd set the plundered Deople frfi O, rid the earth of titled drones
And parasites of high degree;

0, free our minds of hopeless -feai O,clcanse the world of worthless
Of thieves who rule us with the 1‘ thrones.
And make our minds more bold & cl‘ Andfset‘the plundered people
To fear none else but You[...]ur mm s o ope ess ear
Let workers make this World thei-r=: Of tltnoegres who rule us with the
ggt wars 8: slavery be ‘past; ‘And make our m[...]last. . _ God.

Amen" Letiworkers make this world their
.own ;
Let wars andvslavery he past;
- L[...]

Sat. Nov. 13th , 1920.. The number of the ‘money order got
to send to Aunt Grace Perkyns[...]&
Charlie is now going to register 3: post it at the Tighe'8 «
Hill post office. I’ have written the following verses on an
amusing incident at the Steel Works:-

RUN,THE GRmAsmR,Run 2

The Socialists sad tales have spun
Of slaves on land[...]un
with those of high degree.

For instance, just the other week
An incident occurred-—

A bit 09*‘ fun we did not seek——
It realiy was absurd 2

The actors in the farce:- A Ross,
A m »s.t ;v<-b—consci one man[...]is Dan.

And Geordie—-just a humble bee

Within the busy hive

Who booked the "doubles" picked where he
An ore— bridge had to drive.

The scene:— The Hunter River's side,
And on its Southern shore,

A steamer on the muddy tide
Discharging iron ore.

Now, Geordie,me[...]nderstood his "book",
But, mounted in his cab,
.V The motor-handles he mistook
When wirrling up the grab.

The grab came up but never stopped
Unti 1. it broke the ropes,
Then,1oa.ded full of ore, it dropped
Upon the ore-heap slopes.

But George was not abrarvogls f[...]t his mental bearings cool ‘.-
And sauntered to the boss. '

Now, Dan (Who's not a quiet dwarf,
And all delays dislike) ’

Was kneeling on the 11- 1;
To patch his punctgged €313. Whé[...]

Poor Geordie feared the interview
And dreaded Daniel's frown;
Dan's hatre[...]s down!

"Yes", Dan replied,"% bunctured her
Upon the outward run . '

But George, in fear, could not defer
The tale he had begu n.

"It's not the bike; you don't appear
To gather what I mean: =

The GRAB is down——»me me draw near
And View the awful scene."

Dan went: he looked, he roared & r[...]workers watched how Dan behaved,

And all enjoyed the joke.

He took his hat within his hand

And ran,in.splendid time, -

Along the wharf the oreébridge spanned,
'"" Iiikecfisiénian in his prime 1

And there,beside the steamer’s deck,
He saw upon the heap

The severed ropes, the grab a wreck,
As though such things were cheap .

Then Dan's loud voice resounded far,
"My friend,this fact is so-—

No matther who or WHO you are,
You'll work aright or G0?

I must get this repaired aright
Before the set of sun:". ~

And then he yelled with all his might,
"Now run, the greaser,RUN 3"

0 had I but a phonograph

To record & to tell -

The workers‘ long & hearty laugh
At Daniel's frenzied yell 1

Poor Geordie thus received the "sack",
Like Benjamin of old, -
And never since has ventured back

For either love or gold 1

5
5

Sent.to "the "Revolutionary Socialist",Eec. 2na,1sno, & to
"Sm[...]Mates", by Henry Lawson. Walter Ward, who drives the
transfer car on.the Staelworks trest1es,lsnt me the book, wmb
ch is a collection of short stories.

Yesterday morning, when I was coaling a loco. engine at the 4
stage,a shower of red—hot coke came from the blast furnace & g
surrounded me . It did not hurt me ,but two men were badly bum k
burnt on the nmnber one blast furnace floor: they are Rupert
Irving, who lives in Hereford Street,[...]nald .
Gelwilyer, a stovewnan, who lives at Merewether. They were *
sent to the Newcastle Hospital. Glace Burgess is ill in bad.[...]again, but is far from well. I asked Mr. Calder, the head ;
of the Apprentice Committee,at the Steelworks, for a.start for
Pharlie at pattern-making, but he said there was no change in a
the situation yet. He advised me to get Charlie a start at smne—§
thing else for a while. Brother Jack g@Ve me 1o/— for Aunt Gra- ;
co.

Thur. Nov. 18th, 1920. Jose is re4boring thecylinder of his
little steam engine because it is[...]as a motor even if only .
one cell is put on it. "The Newcastle Morning Herald" of the 15 i
th contains the following :- .. 3“;‘ ;
"Melbourne churchgo[...]arrives early next year to as-
sist temporarily i the ministry with Dr. Charles Strong of the
Australian Church, now being held at the Playhouse.

An idea of Rev. Sydney Strong's message may be gathered from the
following brief extract fro his address on "The New Social Orde:

"The Rogues‘ Gallery of Jesus is largely made up,not[...]hief of police His rogues? gallery.
would contain the faces & names of quite a different set of peqp«

le from those who are usually gathered in by th9 nah» L
The chief crime would be found to be hypocrisy, & the jails woul4f

be quite inadequate. One of the prisoners finds himself meas-

I
V

(Please pass the smelling salts along)
A parson who declares it's wrong '
For men to.kil1-their-brothers 2
Divines are few & far between,
And now are very seldom seen,
Who tell. the truth when king or queen
Send slaves to murder others .
'. .O
.You rank among the few touday I .
who don't for wholesale slaughter pray,
Nor instigate wage-slaves to slay
For markets for their masters;
You do not "Rule Britannia" sing,
Nor yell aloud "God save the king",,
‘Nor praise the gory hosts who bring
_ Diseases,& disasters 3.

Unlike the jingo frauds who Pheach,
You 00 believe in what you.teach
And "holy" hypocrites impeach

Who foul the name of Jesus ,

And manufacture shot & shell

To make the earth a second Hell
Where warring workers kill &[...]out-throat "hero";
" THOU SHALT NOT KILL’; for. them sufficed;
They kept the law of God & Christ,
And unafraid & unenyiced
They perished under Nero 3

Behold the "Christian "churches now,,
The parsons who to Mammon bow--

who idolise each hog or sow

That forces slaves to battle--

Who tell the workers it is right
That landless slaves s[...]

You wear no medal onyour breast
To showthe boss you've done your best
To stab a conscript sl[...]3

Ring out your message, Parson -Strong 3
Upheld the right, expose the wrong;
And may your life below be long,
With cour[...]ay «your noble spirit rise
To rea-lms beyond,‘ the starry skies
And live for aye in Paradise ‘
When life below has finished ».'
' Daisy.

Printed in "The mm-»,.«a.n. 14th 1921. Sent to "The Revolut-
ionary Socia1ist",Nov. 25rd, 1925. ‘
S[...]0. On Friday morning I went to Newcastle &

.pa d the Co— p.store £. 10:6 :1. Also Eaid 1. 4 on the house accmt
un ; & bought the Bulletin for 9d. went into the Steelworks

employment office on the way to work on Friday afternoon &
ashes for work for our Charlie, & was told to send him in tO‘daJ
to let the officer see him. 80 Charlie went to the employment
office this morning & got a start in the office of the Master
Mechanic. Charlie had to‘go to an office[...]e is not yet sixteen years of age
Yesterday I got the proof of the photo. of Jinny & Florrie,
which was taken at the Greenham studio.

Mon.‘ NOV. 88nd.,1920.0ur’ son Charlie started to work‘ this morn—
ing , for the first time, at the Night Mechanic's office at the A

Steelworks, 8: he likes the job very well.
WHY Nor‘ TI-IF} 0.3.11. 2,

"There are 76’? uniionslin Australia,& 32 uni onsin the New?

castle steelworks. Most. of us qre still squabbling over the
small things, crying over spilt milk (the 1917 strike for

instance), stillcarrying on like[...]2)’.""—‘E¥.-3'.*T).‘.§§(§athcart

in "The Toiler"-,Nov. 12, 1930. .
If you ask me what's the reason,

‘I I reply-—0fficia1 ti-'03-8[...]

/

"There are 767 unions in

Newcastle steelworks. Most
of us are still squabbling over
the small -things, crying over
spilt milk (the 1917 strike for
instance), still carrying on
like[...]not One Big Union ?”-—W. S.
Cathcart in “ The Toiler,”
NOV. 12, 1920.

If you ask me what’s the reason,
I reply—~Official treason

. the working man I _ —
Th is: “The O.B.U’s a failure '
C‘OS"1it aint made in Horsetralure
And W :>uld open our ‘white’ coun-
t. to the yellows of Japan 1”

“And the O.B.U. aint loyal;

It denounces all that’s roy[...]cialism in a very

thin disguise; '

It would sap the firm foundation

Of our empire and our nation,”
Say some highly-paid officials who

‘imagine they are wise.

Each wouldlose a well-paid billet
If the O.B.L' s.hoti[d fill it
With a man ,w'ho’d, save a pigeon
from a hawk’s rapacious flight.
And the tame craft union pigeon
Says “It’s dead agen[...]take and hold’ aint right!”

It would quicken the transition
To that glorious condition
Which the poets and the prophets
TA through the ages have foretold;

And no babies couau _

You'l[...]top

Can 133 0113 LTILOT1
3 9:0? n5 classes

By the 1a

Why_‘\N@i, n.aU.:i

Australia, and 22‘unions in the ,

Made the O.B.U. ‘seem poison to"

._--u—

)}.3‘ut' consider‘ the “disaster” " man

It would be to good kind ma[...]sense to be —enr‘o_lled I‘.

It’s a fact there’s no denying
That countless slaves are dying
-Thro’ the works and wars of mas-
ters, bethey Britisher or Turk,
But the underpaid sh roud-rnalgers
And the_ mournful .undert-akérs
Would be ‘worse if One‘Big Union
were to throw them out of worlrl

You want leisure, pleasure, trea-a
sure
For the workers, minus measure,
Quite regardless of the gentry who
invest their loot in shares.
’ If the O.B.U. we cherish
Will not all investors perish
When they’re forced to HONEST
labor?—but what agitator
cares ! '

And their navies, too, would
vanish, i . '
For the O.B.U. would banish
All the murder-fleets and armies;
and considerwhat a glut
In the market of all Labor
If no slave could kill his ne[...]ainst one union
of all our overburdened slaves
By the idle, owning classes
Whcrare plundering the masses
_,From the time they leave the
. cr_adle till they rest in
='-p'a~up,e,rs’ graves. - s

' And, as[...]become de-
mented ' A _
In your efforts to arouse them to
a sense of loss and pains ?
Though your argum[...]e generally stolid
And (with very few exceptions)
the

And, as workers a[...]YOU become demented A

In your efforts to arouse them to a sense of loss & pains ? .
Though your argum[...](——/’/’fi
And (with very few exceptions) they delight in.Masters) chains J
. ’ Daisy, Nov. 1[...]Big Union Herald",Dec-;-5th-,1 9.20; printed 1 n "The
Toi1er",Dec. 10th, 1920. .

Tues. Nov. 85rd; 1920. The following verses were written by me
with_the intention of sending them to "The Toiler", but as that

paper was in suspense about that time they were not sent. They
should have followed "Don't Arbitrate",
THE SOCIALISTIC BLOKE.

Dearest Daisy, I could kiss y[...]nd I hope your troth ain't plited,
For yoo biffed them kraft offishuls in a way they
don't expakt 1

Strikh me pink; you many me enig[...]an a pimnul on ¥umkin!Gee, yoove not thare a
Ana the kulurs o the’Tiibrs, ?& weight 3
And yoor backin' no outsiders
In the race for trewth & freedum :'I wgodvgike tc

- (me[...]',straight' :

I'm dead nuts on arbitraitors,
For there eoehal alligature _

Hoo are hapy in the slimy mud of slavury & law
Where they lie kontentid,kre#krn', epraw1in',

Or upon there belies kraw1in'
And are-prineiply remarkible for hide & lenth of jaw.

I.m refurin! to the leedure
Hoe are paraeitik pleedure,

Egg Egaypkngwbfgggi%rb%§§%§hun is as blak as any krow,

But them reptiles, slow & nutty,
Know that arbitraehun'e bunkum wick they know tha}.

a doqps'don't know 3

|
3 _-a[...]

I remane with admurashun, -
Yoors the Soshalistik Bloke.

Printed in "The Toiler".

Fri. Nov. 36th, 1920. Yesterday Cecil R[...]t-ee-kt-en-— Carrington. .
Cecil was at work at the time, 8. was called home. Brother
Jack also went ‘home to help about the arrangements for bur-

3

11:1 &c. In the evening I went by tram as far as. Easthanvs co-Ԥ

rner, & walked from there to Little Young Street,Carrington
where Cecil 8[...]e living in a 2 storey house. I found
Jack 8: May there, & was introduced to Bertha's Mother--Mrs.
Brewer; Les Thompson &.his wife’ Nelly. " ' ‘

The others who were t-herewere Ella York (that is May's si[...]ed "Bubba") «Vera Shoesmith, hill Cocking,& some
strangers. The poor child, Mervyn, is only 2% years of age,[...]God knows what is best i

for us :we"don‘}t. .
The funeralis to leave at 2 pm, to-day;& -Tinny 8: Jo[...]s a swollen ankle, 8: will not be able to

go to the funeral. To-day is the Q.C. examination day at
school, & Florrie is very anxious to beexamined with the

other students for a Q,.AC. _
n Charlie drew his first[...]gr §°days' work. .
Florrie & Jinny want u‘ to the doctor to find what is wrong
with F‘lorrie's left a les, which are sore & swollen. The
doctor said he thought’ it was a bruise, »
Yesterday &.to -day I have been cleaning up the blast furnace .
Yard, 8.34 Mr. Blott has my job again through the manganese '

furnace being closed for repairs.

WED. Dec.1st, 1920. Yesterday I was working at the back
of the manganese furnace, sluicing manganes & coke-breeze.
Charlie Harding wheeled the stuff to me. Rain fell nearly all N
day 8: I was[...]"*
Last evening our boy Jack sat for his exam. at the Technical
College. Charlie has received a letter[...]me,
. 9 . I 3:

Sat. Dec. 4th, 1920. Last m
paid the Store bill‘ &
as

Florrie 8: '1 went to Newcas

got the post-card photos of Jinny & Florrie at Gre[...]

on Sunday, when she has to represent an angel.

Mon. the. 6th, 1920. Yesterday afternoon & last night I went
to the Anniversary service of the Salvation Army at Tighe's
Hill. The platform was crowded with children, including our
Florrie,Fred, & Walter. Our Jack had Artie in the body of the
Hall, which was also full of people. Staff Ca t. Kemp led the
meeting. The collections were-- afternoon,£ 2 8/b, & at night:
ȣ 5/17/7. Fred, Walt ,& Florrie got prizes in the afternoon.
At the evenng service Florrig was dressed to represent an ange
el with wings, in the tableau Nearer My God To Thee”.
I had all Sunday off work, as I am now.temporari1y in Jack
Walker's gang at the manganese furnace, where I clean the
bricks taken out of the furnace, which is being repaired.
Jose went to wo[...]I posted th
verses" To Whom It May Concern” to the Vone Big Union Herald".

Tues. Dec. 7th,19a0. Rai[...].bricks. About 11:50 a.m.

Dick Davies sent me to the back of the manganese furnace to
clean out the brick lining of a truck, which lasted till 5:15
p[...]bricks. Rain ceased about 10 a.m.
Jinny went with the children to the 8. Army Anniversary last
evenng. To-day our Charlie has to be-examined at the Techndcad

College for the pattern.making at Walsh Island.
I have finished reading Eben Worley's book—-"Help To The Reading

or the Bible".

Wed. Dec. 8th, 1920. Charlie took my yerses to Mr, "Z. N. Vaisey
‘atthe Trades Hall yesterday; & sat for his exam. at the Tech.

cleaned bricks all day ye terday. Last nig[...]E day, with hardly a break, ;
until this morning. The result is a flood which is.said to bigéz 3
ger than the great 1895 flood in this district. Great damage h[...]res,etc., in,& 2
around‘Newnastle & Wallsend & other places. he papers are repo-
rting narrow escapes[...]ille was under water, & many peo-
lfghggrgg lefze theTheAG1r1 Cruaoean ~ « .5
; also " Charlieog s[...]

W[...]I began to wh‘eel’away‘granu-
lated slag at the blast furnace , but soon had to go to other
. jobs. Yestcrdayml cleaned around the stoves at number 1' fur-
nace in the fo(renoon,..& cleared the screens of coke-breeze in
the aftermon.g§;Jose'*~morked a double shift on Monday--from 4 p. g;

Charlie wrote a- letterato Mr, Sussmilch, the Principal of the I
Newcastle Technical Co1lege,last night, to find out whether he
had passiedythe exam. orvtfct, for pattermnakirxg,

flat. fflec.[...]Last evening ‘Florrie posted "Strong
Words. to The Toiler .. I have written this additional verse
for The Soshalistik Bloke :- ' ' ‘

*~ "When the 0.B.U. is started

Thethey buzgxp theone ‘Big Union thay

fa.

'1l receeve an awful"[...]‘Friday night Fred & I
bought 2 silver vases at the Co-op. for his Mother, at 9/6
each. I also bought ' six. yards of Tuss[...]ose ; which cost 1/-, At Kendrick

I bought Fred "The Boy 3 Own Annual " for the ar 1920 . ic
16/6. I. also bought a {globular map of the war 3 ona Saga, ?°1'

5/6. At’ 'I‘ha1[...]

came home in the morning. Jose & I worked yesterday, & I
have to w[...]d "Red Europe” yes-
terday. To—day Jinny took the children to Newcastle beach& '
stayed till evening. On the way home in the tram it left the 1
rails 8: ran on. them again. No one was hurt,but some were
shaken & frzlnghtened. I have written the following verse: for
"Thethe world at
According to the book of Knibbs" VA‘ L *largeA'~AA ' A AA[...]o:dern,twhite-‘skinned‘Uncle é

,‘ fibs).
The Workers make their wages in- 1

-. . « « -Tom’ ~ l . . A
Two work-hours and a quarter! ..- ' , . 2" v . ~-
The other work-houyrs.—neai~'ly six _ W11?.fi ne.~Ver> g,9E*A,fAa _ free ms"
The patient workers slave for nix; : '_r_ . . .9
W[...]A .".‘ " ""i:‘.i‘“ -- ‘”
. To make the workday shorter! . W y.TheSe 3'1‘ w0u,Aé\J’l.1k~? to
M The boss may‘ say the Sun W0,“ A" Why should ‘Awe"Ab‘end o’er A[...]A‘ A live—- ,- l ‘M ‘-

To Whittle down the working. _ , - . -
‘ . time ‘- ' _ . ' From[...]nd work but six hours ‘da'»i1y;» A 1; Why not the 0neeB1g Un.1onJo{n, /‘
But thoughthetherfsin nor‘ '_ l .*~F ff: _
crime ' ‘ A 7 . » ‘ ' . AA‘CI1A6A éAa1"UI1,AA ‘A ' g
To make the essay gaily 1-‘ ) ‘ - ’

I know a slave (an[...]a-.lan<.i_'b§y0f1§1; ‘tie:-zed 818.17 6 ‘
. The precin‘c_ts_ of-this-island. 1 i'id_16 knave.[...]orth! a at large

', _ His owner circumscrtbésflthe earthy

' . (Ofk travelling hejs very _[...]

Whynot the one Big Union join ? 1

Why longer, for some palt[...]meone kindly answer 7
" ~ n§sv.29A2m0..

Sent to The. Revolutionary Sogialist , 9(1/21. . "

Printed jun The Industrialist , Sent to The Toiler ,.'5.0/12/20.
Sent to The one Big Union Herald”,l 9/1/21.

Sun. Jan. 2nd,[...]s usual yesterday, but Charlie &:
Jack are off on their holidays. Jose is afternoon shift. Last
Friday[...]ay was 5 12:17:2. Charlie is to be transferred to the a
carpenters‘ shop on Tuesday. He is to be apprenticed to carp-
entry at the Steelworks. Brother Bob has been ill with stomach
trouble, but is getting better.

NEW YEAR'S Nonsmnsm,
(Written for "The Tails?"-3

I went to bed on IS i I Newi1[...]wage-slaves musty

No midnght vigil did
To watch the New Year
I said my prayers &'f
Till midnight; thethe New Year in ;
. I said my ‘prayers and fell asleep _
Awakened me 0. steam wll Till. mi_dhi“ght; then adin

The bell‘ rang loud 8:; Awakened me! Steam whistles

A pai nful time the nail, . _, , .. _ 1; ew;
Kept going hard 89 81311 » ' . The.bells rang loud and long; i
‘ -g 5‘ l_t A painful time "the noisy crew‘ I
i ’ ~ /J » " lKepf goin[...]

Are poverty & warfare past, hhi
That thus the air they rend of

Alas 2 This clamour ushers 1;
No Social Order new 3 ‘
The Many must again begin
To labour for the Few 1

And slavery, & war, & crime, ii.

And other plagues, I vow, [
‘Will floulish in the-’c€n1‘-U38 ti .
Just as they flourish new !

But sane glad Itd.ght'the bells ‘-ii!‘

And joyful whistles blow;

Glad tidings round the world {V
And ev'ry slave shall.know‘

That thro[...]end ?
Are poverty and warfare past,
» That thus the air they rend P V

. Alas ll This clamour ushers in

No Social[Ov,rder newi
Thev«Many'mus't again begin
To Labornfor the Few! '

i "And slavery, and war, and crime, ‘~"'

And other plagues, I vow,

~ 45 _:\/Vill flourish in the coming time
_— Just as theyflourish now!

fBut someglaci night ‘the bells

_ shall ring .
And joyful whistles blow;
Glad" tidings around the world
shall ring .

A .And ev’ry slave shall lm[...]shall be free tnair‘ .4WUYL ,-Damx

Printed by "The Toiler", I7/1/21.

Tues. Jan. 4th,1921.I worked yesterday as usual, but all the

boys were at home. They intended to go to Speer's Point,

Lake Maoquarie, but rain fell all day, & prevented them fram
Jack Robinson lent me a book Y99t9TdaY Gnti[...]. I read it through last
nght. It consists of 192 pages & is written to Show the

great & good effect of a truly

éhristian life.[...]n. Jan. 9th, 1921. Last Wed. I was cleaning up at the bott-i

om of number 2 blast furnace, when I was struck on the left 5

thumb by a peice of coke that fell from the top ot the fur; l
nace, & it knocked the skin & flesh away from the first joint.
I went to the ambulance room & had the thumb washed & wrap- I
ped up. Later I undid the bandage & took a peice of coke out oi

th b & a fitter took several small peices out. In the
§¥an%§ I went to doctor Smith,who is in doctor Crothers'

plaoe,& had several more bits of coke taken o[...]ince Wednesday on Thur. I wen to Newcastle & left the
doctor's certificate at the home o E_Laugh11n, the

secretary of the United Laborers‘ Union to Set accidefii[...]

. A J
_. 1.4. 1,4,,
of bricks to our house‘. Later I went -to the office of the
New Zealand Insurance Company ,Newca-.stle,to get[...]nse . I .

Mon. Jan. 10th , l921.To day I visited the doctor» &'he told me 4
to stay off work another week. I went to brother §ob's house
8: found that he is better than he was yesterday,‘ I aid Macdon-=
ald, the agent for "The Revolutionary Socialist ,5fl- sub. on
Sunday in[...]boy with
me at Wallaroo Mi nas, South Australia. The letter announced the
death of poor old Jim, 8: contained a photo of young James, 8: 1
of his father sitting in a billy‘ cart at his brother Frank's -
place at Wallarooclflines. It also co[...]per cutting, ?
glgiuch is as follows:- - .
NERAL. The funeral of the late James E. Tamblyn took place in »
the Methodist portion of the Boulder cemetaryozl Sept. 7th; 8:

,, _r

the many people who attended attested to the high esteem in whidx-it

the deceased gentleman was held. The Rev. R.F.F1eming officiated
at the graveside. Born in Kadina 54 years ago,Mr.. Tamblyn went to
Broken Hill at the age of 19; & from 1885 to 1895 carried on busin
ass in Argent Street. The great rush to Western Australia was

1895, He sta[...]e streets,
Boulder, Seventeen years ago he joined the firm of Messrs Brennan
Bros., Boulder,& was manager of the boot department until strickn
down with sickness a few months ago. The deceased had led an ac-
tive life, & was invariab[...]nt football, cricket,
& baseball player, & was in the interstate baseball team.
In Boulder he was captain of the Federal Cricket Club in the
1893-99 season; & a couple of years previously won a gold medal
for being the best player. He acted as a delegate for the Bou-
lder club for years. other activities entered into by Mr.
Tamblyn were homing, horticulture, & rifle shooting.
He was president & secretary at different periods of the now
defunct Boulder Hing Club, & for years judged the pigeog
section of the Dog &:Poultry Show. He was secretary of the
Horticultural Society, & secretary of the Rifle Club; he be-
ing also a delegate to the Eastern Goldfields District Efle
Clubs Urdon; & the Rifle Association. For a short period
Mr. Tamblyn occupied a seat on the Boulder Municipal Council,
& retired voluntarily from that position. For the family, who

are well& favourably known in B lder the de

. _ __ t a
f."%:§§ri§’§° ‘. ?[...]

Messrs. J.W.Goss & Co.

This is a copy of the letter sent by Jim's son:-
£0/oJIvangoekGold Cor[...]e received your éhristmas greetings addressd

to the dear old Dad but I have to inform you that he pas[...]this life on September 6th,l920, & was
buried on the day following. He was only ill a few months, &
the doctor gave but little hope of his recovery from the com-
mencement; his trouble being arterial sclero[...], every inch a man;‘& proved himself an ideal
Fztheiitfiothfirtf sis€§rrDo§oEhy a§§1attp;fsen[...]nzé stay

ng re a ves e e o a w e ng o ecupe e.

The nuerous nights of anxiety have told their tale on.poor M ;
Mother, & it will take years to restore her to her form[...]rote a letter in reply t
e that above, I included the following verses:-
GOOD _BYE ILL I SEE YOU AGAIN!

So he has gone 1 Ikll see no more
The friend I knew in days of youth «

Until we meet[...]th .

How short seems life when looking back
Upon the varied path we tread 2

How long appears the virgin track
When youth looks eagerly ahead 1

Bu[...]wastes, or sparkling streams, i
We all must reaoh the end at last :

The end 7 Ah not The path leads on

To fairer lands beyond our sight[...]-« J
To find that God does all things right.? J

They realise that death & pain
Are portions of[...]

We meet to part upon[...]Life's short day;
But life is only started here:

The human"gg_i_._1;it is,_,1_a_ot_g‘l_a;,v_£[...]o part again shall meet 2

Birth --Life- & Death--the segment runs,
But Life's vast circle who can mete ?

He Who has formed the starry suns

The upward cycle shall complete.

My friend's departu[...]nlin’ess-- though but a boy.

We've wandered in the verdant glacie-
Together, in the light & gloom,

And watched the g.lowing'c’oI*‘ours fade
At sunset, where the wattles bloan.

Faith, Hope, 8: Gharity%‘%dr co[...]e mind .

And made him ev'r_y inch a MIN 3

"1 am the way, the Truth, the Light?-—

This message doth the-Master give.

“He that believes 8: lives aright[...]at Jim believed I know; 8: hope
To meet him where the angels love
And roam together o'er the scope
Of God's eternal Home above.

To my[...]

with the dates of public:a.tion‘:- . 1

Jan.1, 191o.,"'rhe-,o1a Game Aigtt What 1; Hnghesed To Be"; in

.The International ocialist eview . .

Jan.15, 1-910."[...]uy Of J1m'McGowan". "‘I.S,R."

Feb. 36, 1910. -"The Strike.-Breakezflfi so111oquy".. ?'1.s,..R,"

M[...]hed's .so111oquy .» "I.s.R."

Mar. 19,_191o.- '':The First Craft union Meeting". '.'1,s,R," .

Mam‘.[...]bor Men1‘oers”. "Ii ,S,I-1. "

Ap. 2, 1910. " The Labor §ar‘by'e Alphabetical Confession’. "ISR

Ap'. 2, l9lO."The political Meeting". -"1, S,‘Review".

Ap‘._'9, l910."The Awakening of Simple Sam . 1.s.R".
. o~1 o uy a y y . A .

June 2,5, 19l1.Sohey’s-Sohey’ting". "The Internatifional Socia.1:‘.s1:.::,

Ap. 23, 191 0,. "The Second Graft Unionumeeting. . ”I.So'cialist .[...]". "I.S.."
0ct.32,1910."Jue1: Before F1leetion,Brothe1"'. . "Ls." .
Nov. 11, 1911." Third Craft union M[...]Craft Union Mee"tingn$'."I "
June 6 1914. What am They Gay. -Fog‘, urge Job 1". I .s .
July z"5,'1914[...]“xth Craft Union Meeting ,_ "Ls",
Feb.15, 1915. The -Howling Of The Jirigo . "1,s',
Dec .11, 1915."1t's A Long -Way To Peace & Freedom".
De_c.l8,1915.".Throw Out The vne Gangs". "I.s''. " "
Jan.l,l916. 'S1%ffer Litt[...]o Ifiearn How To K111 . 1.5.
Jan. 15, 1916 Go To Thewar, Toilet". International Socialist j
June 24,1916 "why Bon't They no It Now ?'’.'’1.s'’. ;
Aug.19,l9l6.“Sg;cialism Bye &Bye". "I.S",' "1 i
Mar. 17, 1917. The Daylighia saying B111 ,,."I .8-.
Jan 11,1919. "one Big Union , The 1=e‘op1,,e , . "
Jan. '5,l919."T%o Poor To Bury[...]ll] . 'New-gastle Argus .
‘Jan. 17,1919. Haaten TheThe Poet‘: Dream". "Argus".
F‘6b.7, l919.,"Wo1‘keI‘S Take Your Own Again-IO. nN.A.,,

Feb. 7’ "The

ll

July, 1919."1, Big Union t1l1'e Hope of the Workers”, One 313,
July 37, 1919.. _a.u1 Fre’[...]lon Heraljd. .
Sep.1 193,9. How ,th,e Captain Won the Cross "1. Revolutionary

.

Mar. 19, 19a)h"Ten Mi[...]arqi". "Argus". A
May 31, 1930,. T.M,1?,Rewarq. . The Toiler". '
Oc,t.9, 1920. Fetus Butehery"."'1‘he Revolutionary Socialist";
Nov. lg’, 1939, The Soldier's Lament". " Toiler”, '
Nov. 20, 1920.'[...]"Toiler".

Jan. 7' 1931, New Year's Non§ense". "TheThe sky", _"Tt1e xnaugga-1a11s£
Feb". 11, 1,981."Imp[...]st”. " A ‘ ‘
May 12, 1921. "Out Of Work ". "The I»nduatria.1ist".‘
May 19, 1931."An open 'Letter"-. "‘ gmuat". ' , ‘
May as, 1921. "Send. Ronni The Hat . ~"1nduat."
June 16, 1921. "Be.E‘.xtreme". ' "Imuat".
Jun'e 16, 1921. "Another Wanr". "1:3c1.".
June‘ 25, 19z1_."gu1 Bono 1 5[...]921. "0141 Bonof", (5). "Ind". ,
July 28, 1921. " The Soshalistik Kdve" . "mm" ’
Aug‘._.6$',[...]

‘Communicate at once with me, i

i To waste their time

And made them slaves

T'Who now of freedom_ prate!

V‘ Z-meet the 91 .1-And took their chance

lm ortant A Notice. '*‘°Wn -:11! war-cursed France
mg‘ » V Lth -,-' their Ki j. pf being blasted flat!
- »‘ ' A * 1 n town '1 ‘Authentic news has cometo hand
If this should meet the sleepy eyes fr“: ~That a“"S1av.es disposséésedy -- ‘

.Of Jeremiah Brown
And William Smith—~
Their kin and kith—-

In country, or in town.

Of l[...]l
Lyth for Brown _
V68 as W611 If May soon regain the fruitful land
’ _ And freedom realise,

With ease and mirth’

‘.O’er all the earth,

I have good news to tell,

I '.
Which‘[...]ta‘!

For'Brown and Smith A hard 8: 10 - -
And other slavesas well. ha; 8: raiilgwayz‘ lfthey._l_“l"" orgamso!
Some time ago theseulegatees JV‘, ‘twee WT°n$ Eilixgfsv

, W[...]g.

All slavery,
Much knavery . V v
’ ‘In all the coming time!

This planet is a legacy
_ Long-willed to them by God! i
Lefthem combine - .

? they'd. been 5
into» content :
gtime _ ‘mid war. '
Manyyears they’v.e been asleep . ‘Lives be -spent‘
And la[...]01’ idle til ' Infield and mine .. '
. And let their lives he spent} vast estate iv ‘T9 °‘.”" the fame sod! ' V
— - - slaves, of eum;_ '1

P d '[...]s»:-Arise,a.ndtake-;;;';£u'r,"63en“

And took the

Anthethe fruitful land,
And. freedom realise A
With ease & mirth.o'er all the earth,

IF‘ THEY WILL ORGANI SE 2 I ‘ ’

The O.B.U. will end. all wars,
All poverty, much crime,
All, slavery, much knavery,

In all the coming time:

This planet is a legacy

Long willed. to them by God 2

Let them combine in field 8: mine
To own the fertile sod 1

Don't wait on kings or parliaments[...]sure‘ 2
ARISE & TAKE IT NOW :
Daisy
Printed in "The 'I‘oiler",11th Feb. 1921.

Wed. Jan .19th, 1931[...]12, South Melbourne, to-day, for 2/-. ’
I wrote the following verses in reply to John J Willings?

letter in last Friday's "Teller, on "Pie In the Sky".
pm In THE sxr,

Sir, Grant me just a little space,
Although[...]ent or two to place
Before one parson willing.

. The rev'rend. gentlemanlremarked
(See ("To_i1er" of l[...]&°3: %13§ fl° inamd

ghat someone talked upon the text,
Food, Recreation, Clothing"
And Shel[...]

_ That any parson preaches
“Pie..in the Sky.”

That we’ll get’“pie_above the sky:”
. Sir——Grant rne just 2 little spacey[...]a-nd'learn1ng',~
Before one parsion Willing. v .
The X,ev,f,end gentlénjian remérikedk ‘I think, like Paul. who ,earm=d /11's.

And bepossessed of all the wealth
They’re making, handling, earn-
" ing‘! .
_(Siee[...]Ll e con -cmnec an: L
_ That someone talkedtvupon the text: ii’ , Not 10afing 0“ 91 1193811190?! -[...]ughter,
- H15 Soul" Se°med fined With In short, the best of life ere death

» loathing! ‘ Ia ’ _\nd'al-lithe bliss that’s after!

The speaker added to his crime ill Co_ncLLi'di_ng,.si[...]kinginter alia I . ‘ _ That ‘nonesbould kee_p.the_lazy,

For less of pie in heaven’s clime, ‘1[...]hly), “.11 _ ' ,_,,_,__;,_-;'__',;_w
And that the bounteous 'God of - T”

I love ..

Esteems .I[...]-. 1 for idle thi eves

eoo,tecot,tesieter,- ‘

The wealth we make for show or 3 Patent duty‘.
Steel, cotton, gold and spelter. 5 the d-°3t3-'1 neg: new:

sets or pastors,
And I believe He made for man ; '
The sunshine and the showers, 3' slave to keep a few

(
The rainbows that the heavens Faster‘ 3

span, . ' , -<
The fruit and fragrant flowers. '—-I don‘ ‘I5 d.eny--
And I contend that He abors iupreaches

~ It ,
The rulers’ wholesale killings V ‘D15. above the sky 3
Of conscript slaves in market wars, '-68.81[...]3
VVas made by{God for _itlle.tl)ieVes ad of all the wealth
. .Who sh1rl:'then~ pateilt d.uoc,: ‘ 3; nandleing , earning 1
I don’t believe the doctrines new,i 3
Despite of priests or pa[...]

Concluding Sir,it!s my belief ‘
That none should keep the lazy,
$1.16 jingo person, nor the thief:

m 1

Yours sincerely,
Daisy.
Printed in "The Toiler", 38th Jan. 1921..

Sat. Jan. 82nd, l921.L[...].W. Smith 8: got
/4 4 certificates to declare off the 1odge,etc., 8: then went t ‘

to the holiness meeting. Brig. Charles Knapp & Capt. Hen[...]n,

0 p * .. - . ‘

I went to Islington Park in the afternoon & heard Tom Glynn,
the ”Industria1 Workers of the World man, who was sentenced
to 15 years imprison[...]W,al1send,a1so spoke long <§= on Can
unism . In the evening I went to the Sarmy meeting aw 10 go.
to the penitent's form, among them being George Storey.

I sent aletter to B1,‘! Laughlin the secretary of the United
Laborers’ Union, claiming 12:5 :0 accident pay for the ace-
ident to my right knee about-12 months ago.[...]rred to Ward's
gang, & started filling drays with thecohstruction gang at '"
the Folly, where a new road is being made on. the-Northern side
of the railway. Frank Mullins, an Irishman, is our boss. He let
me leave work at 4/15 to getzny accident pay at the office.

It was i 7:14:32, that being two thirdso[...]is Anniversary-Day,so our gang will be idle

for the holiday. I lent Herb. Davies "The New Revelation",by

_ C0115-I1 Doyle, yest[...]

355.

:23

em tents ' form last

the
&

seems to thin: that warfare is not incompatibl[...]night to 8 a.m. shift this week, crushi
mill near the steel foundry. Yesterday the
Northern district results of the Technical College exams. for 19

20. Our Jack is among the successful caniidates..He

grade

“%

e at Hami[...]n ‘Eh!

bricks. in a Chilian 2
Herald contained the’

got a- C

pass in Chemistry; & a B grade 8ea[...]& an autobiogra hy

of Sam Jones. I have read 84 pages. I worked yesterday at t e mi

11 with old Tom S[...]1 furnace.

our Walter has a bad attack of croup
the Newcastle 8: County Building Society. The mana.-‘ \
told me that if we paid off our--bala1}oe it would "
the followingyerses to Thetheir‘"P
' MY WIFE.

I loved her, in the bloom of youth
With roses on her cheeks;

Her eye[...]truth

For which a lover seeks.

8 hair was like the golden glow

When Summer's sun goes down'§
Her s[...]snow;
Her eyes were bright &_ brown.

I loved her then——I love her still
Though many years have flo[...]of good & 111,
And she is still my own.

I thank the God when I adore
For such a precious wife;

And may we love each other more
_As we progress through life 2 '

An[...]

Tues Feb. 8th'192_1.[...]Greg's book,"'I‘he Creed Of Christendom", fo r the "War
Cry, Sydney. I have written these vereee:- '

84.

May we, within that blissful c[...]y love. ‘

I pray that we shall find

And greet the loved ones gone before,

And there upon that golden shore ’ V
i
And those we le[...]réed.

I believe in truth & science, * ‘ 1
And the latter I define ‘ ’--
As a knowledge of mater[...]ient fable
Just because some saint believed

That the story was authentic,good, &,.true;
I believe that many able,

Hon[...]ation. I ’
Is above mere blind belief —

When the ‘subject can be tested by one ‘as. self;
And that first-hand information ,

over credence is the chief

When all prejudice is laid upon the shelf.

I believe that we ehouldponder
All the facts of human life

As we see them in this wondrous world to—day,
And the life that waits us yorrler,

Far beyoni thisecene[...]storms & calms has passed away .

We should seek the snrings of action"
f all nations, when re can,

0[...]d feel no satisfaction (flaws:
Till we understand the lan

And the puiposeiof all ature, & its laws .

We

I believe we would discover’
Many long-forgotten facts,
Appertaining to the ages now remote,

Of each man who was a.1over
0f‘the workers; & the acts

Of those martyrs who were worthy men of not[...]life,
Though historians have juggled

With events they wrote upon,
And recorded little else than kingly strife.

Through the struggles made for ages

By-the bravest & the best,

Vile conditions have been battered by the few
Who?re un named in hist'ry's pages

And in dark Oblivion rest: ~

So we Moderns should relate their deeds anew.

I believe that sin he often
Caused[...]d;
And that knowledge oft would soften

or remove the moral flaws
which produce our state of suffering[...]believe that coming ages

Shall bring Freedom to the earth,

when each worker shall greet worker as a[...]nger rages
fifit Causing agonies 8: dearth,
All the things of earth & Paradise shall blend .

When the Socialistic movement

Has emancipated men

From the slavery & want they now endure,
I believe that great improvement,

I[...]thong
And oontine till éy're very nearly pure.

Then Man's spirit,cleansed,uptening, a
hike the stars above shall shine,

9%!

rm. F'eb.l1th, 1921 .My pay to day is 5 7/7/10. In compli-
ance with the new law, the Broken Hill Proprietary Company is
putting 31. duty stamps on the pay _docke_ts of its employees,
ithout their consent.'J.‘he Colliery Employees‘ Federation is
refusing to put stamps on their pay receipts; & the Labor
Gouncilyof Sydney is also opposed to the new law. .
I have written the following for "The One Big Union Herald":-

Carrying Guns For The Gang.

"Australian Military Forces.Fifty Seconi Regiment. (Citizen
Forces). The attention of all members of the 52nd Infantry
Regiment is drawn to the following dates of the first two
compulsory parades for the year 1920-81 , etc..

The Defence Act was passed by Hardy Andy's gang of Labor
traitors, who exempted themselves from military service but
forced the defenceless, voteless boys into training for fut![...]of working men. . . ,

Tune-,-- "Sweeping Through the Gates of the New Jerusalem".

Who, who are these upon the verdant glade,

Each with a gun 8: fre.-tricidal blade,

Clad in khaki on parade, V
Forced by the law of the Gang 7 '‘

Chorus--- ' ..

Marching with their knapsacksupon their weary backs,
Forced by the law of the Gang;
Marching with their knapsaoks upon their weary backs,
Cursed by the Fed. Labor Gang 1 .

These, these are they who ,in their youthful days,

Learn murder _ear1y%({hrough the Jingo ja 3

Who have found the. treason pays) '5
Taught by the tools of the. Gang.

These, these are they—-the stupid workers’ boys—-
Robbed of, their leisure 8: their youthful joys

By the master-class decoys

Known as the Fed. Labor Gang !

These boys are -they who, in the conflict dire,

Shortly may stand within the hottest fire:
And in blood 8: filth expire,
Killed by the law of the Gang.»

, .-an

9%

Safe, safe at home these Labor traitors stand 1’
Whilst youthful conscripts fight on.foreign land,
Slaying slaves at their command, ‘

Saving the wealth of the Gang.

VJoin one Big Union,free yourselves from d[...]Heéd God's law, THOU SHALT NOT KILL",
Scorned by the Fed. Labor Gang 2

n " many.

Printed in The Industrialist , Mar.llth,l921.

Sat; Feb. 13th, 1921. last night I was wheeling the "banana"
cart at number I furnace,-with concrete for the inside of the
furnace. The manganese furnace is still idle. No.8 blast

furnace is beingg lined inside with cement & fire-brick dust.
The Iron.Knob strike,& the Seaman's strike or lockout, are J
still on, &:nany of the workers at the steelworks are expeotij

ng to be put off. '

1

Mon. 14th Feb. 1921. Yesterday I worked at the apron of the
pig-mill,8 to 12; & to—day-I‘have been there again. Last
evening the S'army had a meeting in Henson Avenue, & Cecil
attended; & at the night meeting we went on the platform.
Two went to the penitents' form. Arthar Burgess was here this
evening. I am sending‘to the War Cry some verses on "My
Own Grapes".

Sat. Feb[...]Yesterday morning our boy Jack went to
Sydney for the first time. He went with 3 young fe11ows.that v
work in the Steelworks chemical laboratory. We gave Jack 6
Ro[...]He was git
enfa fortnight*s holiday on account of the slacknese of work.
Last nght I went to Hamilton w[...]tended an
Army open air meeting. Cecil & I spoke. There was a good att-
endance of mmbers in spite of the threatening look of the

sky. I_am working at the pig-mill with Mick Schambach ( who
lives at Moecheto Island), Joe Krohn, & Will Minter. We are
cleaning up the place around the mill; Many of the steelworks
slaves have been-put off through the three furnaces being clos£
ed. There is to be a.compulsory conference of the ship owners 1
& the seamen's representatives to discuss the dispute between I
them. h ‘ t
TUE??? Mar.l8t;l921. I was discharged from the eteelworks last
53turdaY week, but was put.on aga[...]kéd that d&Y Chipping rust off rivet heads under the ’

mantle of No.2 blast f . ;
them off. On Sat. 1 oh3§§§§°iu§ 3¥?t1$§%w§?§a§% §°%§§ngggf g

&1eft work at 11/45 a.m. In the evening I went to Wallseni

QV3

meeting in Clara Street at 10 a.m.' the idoor meeting at 11-
Park open-air at 5 p.m.; & i[...]rdaw

I chipped rust with Bill Sims,ex c1erk,& another man, till

2:50, whenJack Young sent u: totclfian gutnthe flue fintél Snp. m.
On the way home I had a tal wi h r. ru ey, e ea carpen-[...]ood attendanse."I was too late to attend. _ , n

"The Industrialist , of Newcastle, has printed my vers[...]ck returned from Sydney on Sun. everrlng.He %pent the 31:: 11301;-
nds he took with him & had a pleasan[...]‘ =

Wed. Mar. 2nd, 1981. Yesterday I was with the gang thm was di
cleaning out the flue at nmber 2.In the evenng I heard) ‘
the Baptist Chior in the sandy Hall at the Harvest Festiva

Charlie attended the Technical College for his carpentry les-

sons. We have received a letter from the Department of Educ— 4

atien telling us that we may sehd Florrie to the Cook's Hill

for 5 years if we will promise to le[...]r that per‘
iod. We have decided to send her to the Tighe's'Hil1 school

as usual, until she is 14 years old, & then to send her to

the Wickham School for_instruction in cooking, etc.[...]octor Smith to ask him about Charlie.
Mr. Calder, the Master of Apprentices, called onxne to day

while I was in the blacksmith's shop-striking for Ned Berri-
man, & told me he was afraid to apprentice Charlie on account

of the doctor's eertifioate,whieh said that Charlie could be ‘
employed where there is a minimum of dust, He askedlne-to see
the doctor & get his real meaning & opinion re Charlie.

The doetor said that he could not venture to say that[...]r over-
strain. We talked a long while, & finally the doctor wrote the
following words on a eertifieate & gave it to ma:-

"With reference to the present & future health of Charles Ern- '
est Cooking, I am of the opinion that the trade, carpentry, is
a suitable one for him to ad[...]door
work & exposure to sunshine. In remarking on the previous cer— g
tifioate as required by the Factories Act, that he should be ‘
exposed to a minimum of dust,etc.,I did not know the nature of

the trade he intended to adopt. As a.matter of gust h[...]our Jack went to Newcastle to day & brought home the second issue
of "The Industrialist", which contains my verses,"[...]

a we. - ;
are the ways ofe;de::Ie1q%?1(:1-1P::%>§rh:1:v1i11?tg53“man’ but the end’ there‘?
There is a way that seemeth right ' ' ;
But yet is wh[...]n p1ucked_.§«é.~aagtn.at-rov,xv1.,25>. t W , ,
The nectar Of Wh0Bé There isla way that seemeth rlght,

B t et- is Who11y[...]Ye:leSc(:5?stiNhe -plucked; ‘ '
W-‘D-61.3 3in the 8611888 13168.86; .. The nectar of whose tem ‘*-Q18 fl0W’I‘
Where,[...]:. X 15 P0159” Wh.°14i?’S S‘?¢k° ‘-X 7
The‘The serpent§=‘-“of disease!" f A

And. At[...]that leads to lust and drink
61 m 8 fog 9 - And Atheismis fog; “ ,

Where pooi‘,deluded mortals -’ “Where poor, deluded m r,ta1s..-sink
Beneath the Scepticfis bog_ ‘j. ;‘->Be‘nea'th the‘S_oe1ofic’:‘Bog_.

-. =.' ,'.This way Life'[...]rieath—-& Hall 2

Dand 11 7 5.21.
Printed in the Pwar Cry". 6 on ’ / /

M°n- Mag. 7th, 1921. I[...]by {
i11Y Burgess. I had Yesterday off,& attended the Sarmy ;
{fasting in Islington Park. Went to the Communist meeting i
a GI, which was addressed by[...]rey & Ted Sinclair. A
At question time I asked whether a person can be a Christian
E: a Socialist at the same time. Jeffery made a long speech
1‘ reply[...]a Socialist. Sinclair followed 1 th -

dealt with the drink _ I1 e same strain, &'_ it
asked "Is[...]

Sun. at the Tighe's Bill Hall.

Thur. Mar. 10th, 1921.Yesterd[...]0/-money order to 3
sen to Aunt Grace. Registered the letter at Newcastle West ;
post office. Last night I worked outside the furnace, mailing
out bricks at the tap-hole. Glace Burgess lent me a book ent-
itled, "By Order of the General",yesterday. 1

Mon. Mar. 14th, 192l.Much[...]pen-air meeting in Non-

muss Estate,& marched to the Hall, where I was sworn in as a
soldier of rho Salvation Army. Nelly Crooks & 3 other girls
want to the penitent form. In farewel1ing'Ad t. Dnuery said he
& his wife were more sorry'to leave Tighe's 11 than any other
place where they had been.in. *

Tu. Mar. l5th,l92l. Last evening I heard rev.Mr,Gairns speak at
the Islington Baptist Church. Several young people went to the.
back room for conversion. Brother Jack, Cecil, Eben Worley, &
Les Thompson were wi[...]Christ!
but something held him back. I worked at the furnace all day.

Just at starting time Ern Lindsay fell into the big,hot slag-pot
hurt his head & neck. He will be in the hospital for a few W

i

ays . ‘

Wed’. Ma[...]d ‘
last night; & I was sorry to part.from him. The incoming A“jt.‘
is from Bathurst. At furnace[...]921.Saint Patrick's Day was observed yesterday
by the Irishman. Worked with Jack.0adlinan & Dave Hughes at the
.lad1e house. I was not well; so did not go to welcome the new
officers. On Wed. night I saw Ern Lindsay at his home near the
Mayfield tram terminus, He was in bed & unable to[...]t. Mar. 19th,1921. Jinny & I went to Hamilton together last
night . ’T.he‘new offi oer-—Adjt. Brooks-- was leading the Army
meeting.in Beaumont street when we ar[...]

to-day, but as the top of the number 2 furnace has.to be couii

eted we were allowed to stay on for the day. The iron-ore is
expected daily. Yesterday we sent a Sydney Mail" to Aunt
Grace Perkyns. I have written the following verses:-
‘HOPELEBS SLAVES.

The world-abounds with hopeless slaves

Who labor day[...]aves,

For insufficient pay.

Same slaves imagine they are free,
Though bound by Master's chain,

And never with one min agree
Their freedom to obtain.

They boast of empire, king, & flag:

( Ignoring want &.woe)

They call “their” country "She", & brag '
0f.how she beat the foe.

In were ten thousand miles away,
Beneath the starry dome

'rneyv11 burn, a shoot, E stab a slay
For thieves who stay at home.

The polished politicians‘ lies:

Their pledges unfulfilled;

The futile strikes, when courage dies,
The slaves’ high hopes have killed.

0, what can ne[...]ire
And faith again renew ? ‘
What flame to fan the'smou1dering fire,
If not the O.B,U. T
As Jesus oameito save our souls,

so fine Big Union strives

To save our bodies from the ghouls
Who now destroy our lives.

It comes to we[...]aves
In one fraternal band;
To banish navies srom the waves

And armies from the land.

To end our servitude & rief: v ~
To free the fruitful so 1

W7

Then join it now 1 No longer '31-op

In darkness deep[...]d draw a free man’: breath '
may.

Printed in; "The Industrialist", 19/3/21,

i As desusocame to save[...]ion strives ’
‘To. save« otir bodies ‘from ‘the.

Vghonls " f o ‘ ”
'4Who.noW destroy[...]WW2, and‘brin‘gVArelief

Some slaves imagine they are free, V l .~ From ;i_n,r;e§1}lgted toin: 1' ,4

itled "TheThethe
blast furnace
office 8: saw
Dick Davies,
who said there
was no more
_ it work for me
_>asI do not do
gg[...]*a;‘;:*:*,,£’:r":o We matter to
QahifliltdltheThey boast of. empire, king and‘ " ’ "
.. flag: g . * A i ‘

' ’ (Ignoring want and’ woe), - "
4 They call their coufmtry “she,” and
brag l , «.. _ , _

' Qf how‘“she”‘beat the “foe.’T "V _

In wars ten thousand miles away,

/Beneath the starry dome,’ ‘_' .

They'll burn, and shoot and stab, ‘
' and slay ‘_[...]For thieves who stay at home!

Some slaves abhor their_slave_r'y,
K In all its brutal scope—e ’ e[...]ous knavery—- '

But have no ray of. hope. ‘

The polished politicians’ lies :
' Their‘ pledges unfulfilled";
The futile strilres, when -courage

._, .

-4[...]was angry

‘M8

1

.519 another lie,

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$ "schemes t[...]hose
- -'—-“*'“*“ - SW88“ 3 ' ‘ ~ in the hall '
' .. ~ ‘ " ‘ I I. s f . t l.b . r 1 3 '
TheThethe '
Whatvlilgéniittg _fan the. smouldep- *;//:,f;Qv:_1eéu;n.....ig1n%cé:o;,c:§t:1€::g9:ys 0 1 stoppage .
‘Ifnot the O’.B.U.?’ ‘ ' " ' Llf§§§1l§f'S1a[...]

at construetion work.

Gatesiof the New J_e‘rulasem.”V’ ~ A" 1:
Who,‘ who are théseiqpoen ‘the ver-it -’ . ..
dant 'gla’d¢} . ‘[...]fratricidal‘
1 -blade,'”‘

i

A Forced. by the law of, the Gang?
4 or ~ Chogjus :.
. *‘ on theu;,- ac<- V
Forced by ‘thelaw of the Gang; » .

Marching with their lmapsacks‘
upon their weary backs, .

it . .
Wed. Mar. 23rd, 1935. La“ mSht_1I1 W°"
_ rked. at a s1te,for the new power .O1€S6
v near the coal-bin.Seven of us were a

- * '~pa.ys':>+' -6[...]: _ C Fine night "This morn1ng'B paper annoué
These, thetsfffarczltliey who in thethe ghverton railway
‘Who have _foun-d‘-that ‘treason '

station, yesterday.

Taught by the toolsofthe Gang, gy l Thur. Mar. 341;}; , 192,1,Laat mght I
7 ..l_ . worked again at the sand.-pit. MY pay
.Tl1ese,.tl1ese vziirethe-y,y-the':stupidl' ‘ to-day 18 5 8/17/Oo I P53-d Fred Miller

V woi~lcers? boys, - _ , ‘
Robbed of their: leisure ;.a_nd_the_irr= E ., 1
A J'Oy.:'Si.-,_;..,-. ,' 2:.-. 1- I. l .

the blacksmith, 3/- for the Accident
Society; & I paid Tom Campbell 2/6

By thefmaster-class decoys. ' contribution to the United Labourers

Kho‘m«,as- the -“F d. spat-h-‘i. Union. To-morrow 18 3005- F[...];
' ‘ from to-morrow until ues. a 61'I100 -
These.2§KEi;r§ir:heyA-yghyo,. —:i1_the‘.__‘,fl I met Elrn Lindsay this afternoon: _
Shortlyma3fristgnd'within the hot: his neck 13 not right Yato Hot wea
test. rev‘

And in blood and filthloexpire,
, Killed by the law of the,Gang !
Safe, safeat home thetheir comtnahd, ’
Saving the wealth’ of the Gémgl
wfree
. .se.lvves-fi*0m‘f-~d1*il‘l’[...]s Good Friday, 8: it is as
hot as a Summer's day! There is I10 In

3 more work for me until next Tuefio 3-ft
. ernoon. I have written these verses
.- ;;for the "War Cry":-

WHAT WILL MR8.GRIlNDY SAY ?[...]f I begin to sing & pray, (“W7

And learn to do the ri

. h -
CAN 1 meet that anexené 3ém?[...]

I-I_c". v. CAN I meet that ancient dame[...]How know t‘
Of those‘ W1.-

delectable
,_, d theThe pit devoid of light, ~ ..
lr save my soul[...]

_§!!.d 1: ever you, brother‘,

on w o glory in the land

where you happened to be born-some decades back,
That one flag is like another V

In all countries "great”'&' "grand.", M
To the slave who gets the dread inferml sack ‘?

When your boss gets up s[...], -
For a fault you never knew V

Can you shelter then beneath the Uni on Jack 1’

Though "your" flag has flown for ages

WhereyFat's thunderbolts‘ are hurled,

And the sun upon his empire never sets,

Does his ensign raise your wages ?

Though his empire spans the world, ’
Does the fact that it's extensive pay your debts ?

Flags & empires help no workers

In the tiniest degree ' '
To enj oy the wealth 8: freedom we're denied

By the jingoistie ehirkere
who declare —that.we are free: - -
Have you never yet discovered how they lied '3

Does it never set you thinking 7

When you tramp thethe present social system's made to rob ?

If these thoughts don't strike you, brother,

When you're fairly down 8: out
And are[...]

W W ‘Does the ensign raise yourwages?

. 36.
You should never ‘ask another
Man to put his sit-i.p'about,
But awaken 8; discard-the bosses’ Press.

at. 44-“ 1

:’3§2é$n§“[...]' 0 un ~

igth 11.33%? tlfiatiwera stale before the Flood 3.

a e ome-made thinking

On how "free" men get the run .
Notwithstanding flags 8: empii-es foul with blood '.

‘ - M 0‘
n

Prin‘bed’in The II1(i.1}8tria1:ist", u._;./Any./_;;,
~ _ .. ; 1 ~[...]nking .'
i 2 " W1» ‘ h . Wheri you ‘tramp thethe'_vp,re‘sent:social system-’s V

Did it ‘[...]'roth‘er,x’ ‘_ ,-1 1’ '

You whoygloryin the land , ‘

Where you happened to'.be born .
some decades back, . ’

That one flag is’ like another A ‘ ‘_f V ,

A In ‘ all countries “-“great” and v

“grand” -' ».‘ fl: 1.

To the slave who gets the dread. _f

/

l is t4a;;;‘;;.;ugn;a;;1é;t;e;;i;; l
* 4..brother,* »

«mi,-emal sack n ~_. . _ ~,When'. y[...]th his liver all askew, ~ Youishould never askanother

Man_to_put his shipabout, .v .
‘ ‘But, awaken. and discard the
-_/g‘-bosses.’pjre,ss. ’ » ’

. And his[...]a fault you, never kn\ew,,{..5. ,
Can you shelter theri.‘Abe;1eathV‘. ;
the Union Jack’? -, '

Though your flag*1has~ fi[...]. Q ' V ; .fiQn_.;-how:i5§free” Vmen~ getwthe
Where Fat’sl thunderbolt’; ‘\ J j mun,‘ -[...]- ‘ ' Nofwithstar'1'ding flags“ and em--
And the sun upon the empire’ -' _ W .',.j‘pires'foul;wi'tfi'b]6d[...]- Yfiitnh-ideas that were stale be-

~ ifo,rethe“;flood!‘ ~ V

\

I y._'w_orld «
fg Does the fact*that~it’s»extensivel

' pay your debts'?_j I A ;;._. __ ,;

2 .Th.ou_gh, the empire spans'th‘e '

~Flags and empires help no workers; ‘-~
In the tiniest degree‘ -‘ ' 3

To enjoy the .wealth' and free» ;

_ dom_ -we're denied \ , W
By the jingoistic shirkers . , A
Who" declare tha[...]

Wed Mar. 30th 1921.Worked yesterday on the 4 till 13 p,fi{',' \-/
shift, We shifted an electric wineh on to the sand-bank that w.
we made. I worked with giant Ja[...]ury--Solomon's »son-- was given a. send-off ,
at the 'I'ighe's Hill Samyj hall lastflnight, by his fe[...]o gavehim a. _’wallet & a bible. He is going to the _ '
Sarmy traininghome in Sydney, where he will remain some mon-
ths,-& from there he will probably! go out to army work as a ,
lieutenant or captain‘; his parentsare in theArmy.
Fri . Ap .. let, 1921. At the sand again last night. Our boss --
MoQuade-— to[...]ratah is deadshezfuneral is to be tor 1
morrow.Ae the good old lady is a Selvationist she will probe?»[...].(‘I‘une -—"K1l1arney ,3 Y. ,
God so ldved the world that He
Gave to earth, where sin is rife[...]upon,._’Qhe.‘tree,
Shed His blood, 8: paid. the prise, »
From our sins to set us free
By Hieloving sacrifice.
Let us all our;sins confess
And the name o:E-Jesusbless;
Jesus,precioue- Jesus"!
our Redeemer, Jesus 3 ,_ 1

for the “War Cry" :—

Whosoever, though enslaved
By[...]save_d_f
By tha.t‘sa.crifice, sublime 3 _ ,
By the thorn-crowns on His brow, ’
yr the spear-thrust in His side X
J esus Chlist[...]

WAR TROPI-IIES IN SCHOOLS, . ~ - »
"When the attention of Mr, Mutch, Minister of Education, wa[...]that ministerial sanction had4_been_r_jefused to the
placing of war-trophies in King's:$cho.o1 _.he_sa[...]n. "As far as I am c.onc.erned",:
said Mr. hutch, they can-fill thegplace with machine guns if r
they wish '."Machine guns‘wil_,l_not, however, be p[...]ear2'& bravo; Mr. Mutch 1
We're glad to find that there is such
A. minister who will not touch A‘ .
The tools Fat made to slaughter 3
‘You don't intend[...]ols
To make our boys Fat's fighting fools,
And heathenise each’ daughter .

Perhaps you thi[...]

et:--

a The earthwith blood must still be wet

yer profiteering traders. .
Thou shalt not kill"must be annulled;
The ch:l.ldrens', senses must be. dulled ,
. And yout[...]gulled
Wlthvbogies of "invaders !".

‘reach all the workers’ boys to wag
Those little squares otpainted rag,
And of the an:o1re's greatness brag“
And boast of wage-slaves’ "freedom 1
D0 teach the young to stand 8: sing,
With loyal voice’; God Save the K1115"--2
The loyal dope is just the thing----
It's cheaper than to feed ‘em .'

How[...]y gun 8: blade,

If wars You do not foster '1’

Then teach the boys to stab & shoot,
To poison burn, destroy & loot .

And £111 the earth with pla-g,ue',to boot,
To fatten each impostor 1 «

II wing?‘ at
Pv1fin_’_cde_H1n The Industri-alist , 14./4./21-.-.

,1 Théa.lIr[...]”
War Trophies in Schools, w ~
i 'i"‘When,ithe-l-:attentio'n of

Mutch‘, Minister for Educati[...]sanction had been re»; »—a.1ead
fused to“ ‘thethey can fill the "y
_ place with‘ machine guns if theThe sunyofb warfa

fWe."re__Aglac1; ';to;A,yfih;1g:'that there ‘.‘l"SL.-“ " TheThe_tools4_-FaIt.;rhadecto s’laughte’r!_
You don’t intendvito fillthe schools .
Withwdingoes’;b1pod€stain_ed mury
'[...]I Perhaps.‘ youthink-A ‘each youthful

ould the b:e;t1'::iei;rl'

_ -..l . Than train1'n'g..boy_[...]1g;£xie‘

at

. ’ 5 c/. .
Wed.
I worked 1 the
8a.‘.Id'p‘.l..t Yester-- ;
day, 8: had a hard[...]arly all day yes»-
terday,but we W0‘.-
rked at the sa-
nd all day, except
a couple of spells
for she[...]ch:!.son' s
gang,.wh1ch loads
& unloads bricks
at the Steelworks;
but I will not
take it because
they get less
- wages 8: have
"’ to work in

rain.[...], We wor-
ked all day in
rain yester-

‘ day at the

1 san. In the
afternoon I

_ asked Arthur
»f Burgess at the
office if I am
on the list of
»;those who are.
«j'to be paid 3‘
“T: pounds bone

=1

2 for working in
the furnace.

He said I am
not; & that not[...]

» With‘ loyal voice

Thethe young‘ to stand and V

V “God Savefthe
: ’ \.,‘KVin8”.'v—-‘ ” t
The loyal ‘dope lsijust the .thing—
It’s ‘cheaper thanto ‘feed ‘em![...]‘ .‘u _ - , A
If wars you donot foster ?»
. Then teach the
‘ .shoot, a V_V -
To poison, burn, destroy and loot, ‘
V And fill the earth ‘with plague, to V
:. ‘boot ‘>‘.:[...]eived to pay

l bonus_to anyone but bricklayers & their
9 laborers. Rain last nght; so did not

5 yout[...]uVa_t'e_s of painted 'rag',V,3 :2‘
V ‘ And of the empire’/Vs glx"ea.tnes‘s_ ~ *‘

Sa{t..~Ap,[...]out noon
yesterday my-mate & I worked in.water
&t.the,sand pit, but in the afternoon
f we were drier. In the evenng Jose & I
' attended the Sarmy meeting in Hamilton.

may Burgess & Pearl C[...]o qpen—e1r meetV
ing in William street at 10; & the holi-‘
ness meeting at 11. After the meeting in
. the Park I went to the Communists’ meet-
ing. At 7:55 p.m. I went to the Victoria
theatre, Newcastle, & heard Prof. Geode
‘lecture on Russia.

I have written these verses:-
SLEEP ON=& TAKE YOUR REST .

\

,sleep[...].
-Dream,that_you_are as free
»As song-hird o'er the tree
V »or stream 4 ‘
t Sleep

through[...]

-9:-._._g_»g-z~'

printed in "The xnauetria

--r~'—.%_::

:1 “ ‘. ,__.__..._[...]ample store of wealth
Trust luck 2

. Be often on the course

To~baek the "dead cert" horse--
He'll win 1 ’

Fill up the bookies‘ bags
With bets upon the nags, '
or spin

Two penr:-Les in the air

(To rob is counted fair)

Don't trust

, The ‘workers.’ O.B.U.,
Let it remain taboo-—
Or[...]id yourselves
Of. parasitic elves
You keep 1

Let them retain the land,
And. let them still command

The tools '

And implements of trade
Whereby all weal[...]ster thrives 3
Farewell. ‘ ,
,Da.isy.

Fj ne weather .

qt!

l1st",May stn;19z1.

Tues. Ap. lgth, 192[...]om 12 last night
uz1‘I:i..'! 8 this morning, at the sam. An electric pump
has been put on the, bank to take out the water,‘

“Be oftefi or;1.‘:the.couree=

‘~¥.Witl1 betsupon the nags,-3

‘Sleep

:sleeool1laniél’:take yohr[...]nds c,lasped«on yoqr breast“; J

l ‘Dt‘eamthe.t“you are 8.8-»"f>k'C/Gigi‘
V As song birjd .o'er» the tree

y‘Should prove that you ,are
-:—To, be[...];.{;.y''’V' ;
‘Read “Puck” 1. - V

Foxtjélearning, leisure, health; L J
ample 'stor"e of weiiltlu’

To lb21\cl<”’the‘fV“clela‘lcl‘ cert‘
V l _, ~He’l1; v§tit11_l‘ A .
Fill up the _bool(iee’ bags

‘ho

t

- . Orspin I” .
’1‘wo pennies in theThe 1 ndustrialist "conta-

V
‘~And;let[...]'..~;r.;.
_ 13th, 21; 4

Last night we reached the lit
limit of the excavation at the
Sand pit, 3: had to work backwards
towards the .e-ta.;_rting_po1n1;,A
1‘-<1:3t_. B,roo1,:'s Vi[...]..A '. »1~5{:h”, 1921; I trorked last l

night the night before at the
Sand pit. Before going to worklast

last night I attended the Army's: ~

Open-ai.rAme6‘l5i.I..1g near Mr. Bulylls

(

ended the hall meet1’ng",A& spoke, _

pavilay,’

4/5. The "War Gr " this week
‘What Will Mrs.
ng a book _[...]lent me last Sunday. ’l‘h1s even:
ngll was at the open—e;ir meeting at

ins my verses, "The Infernal‘ Sack",
to-day.’ ‘ V v
Mon. Ap. 18[...]day, Had Sun
off., 8: went to open-air meeting of
the Army in Islington Park, & read '
the 53rd p a1m.- Jim“Smith (Streake
l£tnith?e son &of Wallsend, & Harry.
Baldwin, of Wagllsend, were at the
open air meeting, & had tea with us
in the evening. harry married Jimt,
sister Polly. They came to see me

b‘b°ut 51Vi1"8 P0113/' the book-case

I4!

died the book-case was left in my charge to keep
We have kept it for him several years. Now the
& married. Polly wants the book -case,

wanted it .

Smiths have grown up

u[...]is morning to buy a bookcase. 9

Jose & I went to the

open—e.ir‘meeting last-right. I have to

go[...]se's watch & my dark slide t
to Joe Krohn to have them mended.

'1‘ues‘Ap. 19th 1921.1 worked lastlnight with B111 Kerr,who is e

I

a widower 8: lives at the Globe; 8: old George Warburton, of

Tudor Street,[...]12

pan. Jose is going on shift-work in.

one of the mills for a week., Son Jack is expecting to be put
with 2 others at the blast -furnace laboratory, in about 5
in wages, J[...]Thursday mght,about 11 o'clock,

_ was working on the big sand-heap‘,
down & rolled on his back 8: di[...]inutes.He did not
speak after he collapsed. .When the ambulance man came we all
ceased working. George was takenito. the Newcastle morgue. He was
76 years of age,& lived[...]se on Thursday afternoon to see Mrs.Warburton but the nurse,

V Mrs. Page
r that I

came to the door & told mejthat she had
had given to old George,in which I urged him to get

read the lette

converted 8: become a Gh1‘istian,.bef'or[...]at my letterwas read to George 8: his family, but they only
laughed at the warning. I am afraid that he died as he livd-—

a careless man of ;the world.

_tg'£’f Ap. 29th 1921. i worked till 11/45 on Sat. forenorn
On Mon. there was -no work for us. so I went to the Armt

open-air meeting in 1,3

ing in the hall. In the afternoon I

went to

eppertown; then to the 11 o'clock meet-

I slington Park,

& read Luke, 19th chap.'beginning at'the lath verse. Also

went to hall meeti

ng. I worked _a 1_ 1;
8%‘ n ogsws,

the big new offices on the Crebert str V_
granulated slag 8: coke-breeze in the swamp near the road.

Rainy .

64173

n ‘front of
ad, s[...]

Come show that You are loy[...]- flood

of eloquence be loosed for blood!

Extol the dupes who died in mud

For bandits rich & royal '1

Come Billy {Time a Jacky Tare;
slnlnd zlifwflthe .ladi.es&a21L$eygu;'sscars, .
owe - e medals . 8.
You've won by God-defying ,1
Recount the markers‘ blood you spill
Defying His Thou shalt[...]3 ‘

By Coplin Thomas be enticed

To disngegard the peaceful Christ

Whose ‘Love your foes has not[...]and,

And cane, Salvati on Army Band,‘

Delight them by your playing:

Come all who ill-paid slaves employ,
Close workshops--let your slaves enjoy

The Sight of "those who. will destroy

In spit[...]

l A Made "holy" by the dupes who slay
5 Their Masters’ foes, for little pay,
Without the least compunetion 3.

i Be careful not to sneeze[...]our:
‘t Bow downyour heads 8: all adore
.-‘ x The DAY we were baptised in gore

Upon that 'heathen" Turki shshore -
And never mm the Saviour 1

"Forgive them,Fa_theThe lndustrla1iJs_t.",l 28/4/21.
.- " R V e _sex;[...]y.u.give:f:§s‘a "
<:~p’r::ess¢io'-r'1«wtoxgthex

» "l- '- 430“ «“M‘0nday;next,w'e‘*[...]ed:-iyyay; to,4thke».pme,~n:Q- ~ QméA.én._.y.v
the~'men wh,0'felI‘ m_bat‘t'le‘. . our;[...]

And show‘\thc;l‘aLl'ies_all'eyour sea ‘ ghlej » ~
j ,»Show all‘ the inedalsand tl1e‘b2i“rs V ‘ ‘

: IRecount the workers’ -blood "yew,
f‘~* ospill i ‘ ’[...]By Coplin Thomas be jenticedf-'_ .
:To disregard -the peaceful ' Christ

sufl"iced '[...]Wed‘ May lat! 1921‘ Yesterday I Woflied

at the coke-breeze in front of the off-

_ A H , ,3 ice; but at ‘4 p.m‘~. I was given a paper
Dellghtthethe evening I ‘

hand, , "5":-

I

-olosgnxgyglcshopsf -e1~f—_}‘- Y0“? went to the eoldi ere’: meeting in the Sal ;_
l

In spige 0f'G‘0d",iniU~n‘Cti<'>[...]th6

Byosuch profane/ebehavxori‘ . Aimanager of the ooke—ovene at the steel-
BOW-'d°W“ 3'0“ heads ““d=“” works, & helpranised to let brother
’ adore ' x V

' _ b - d- Jaekknow when thethe S‘“"°”_.. boy Jack was. eighteen years of age
AV-"For'give‘ them Father,”_ "Je_$_‘L’1_é.h 1 Y95lt6l'd.&Y, 3: 171.3 Mother bought ‘him he.
‘ ; _cried _ _ . ._ . -1 Bib[...].
Before he bowed ‘"5 head end. She. also drew the dividend at the Co-
'Nowd::fir§de1‘-tools aye multiplled ‘[...]5’ 3 116 #1766 works He was
b°mat 7 D-m- °1'1 the 93-Ehteenth 013 September, 19 c5: e

6366

Sat. Ap. 50th, 1921. I started to carry the had yesterday
morning, but after working for an hour I found that I
could not do the work all day; so'I told the 'bOS8-"'E‘OI'd-
8: he-put me to wheel away rubbish at the back of the
ovens. I managed that work about anhour, & then the great
heat of the ovens 8: the sun weakened & distressed me. I
struggled on till 1/45, & then went etc the leading; hande-
Ha;ncock-_- who «told me to see Ford 8: tell him I could not
stand the heat. I did so; & he told me to finish the day
under the screens, which I did. At 4 p.m. I took my time-_-

sheet to Mr. Ford to sign. Gib..Youll was there; 8: they gas 1

me a new job one. dump somewhere. I don't know where or

what the new./j ob is . My pay is £. 9/4 /11 clear. Charlie?s

pay is t 2/6 0

I have written the following verses:-
OUT OF WORK.

If there's one time more than others

When a wofizer will awaken ,

To a sense of his condition as a slave

And become your humble brother,

It is when his work is taken

And he's stranded where "his" country's banners wave.

He[...]

To a slave who is deluded _ _ ‘
By the thought that he's superior or free,
when his poverty is pressing,

And he finds he is included . I _
with the land-1ess,tool ._"1ess slaves like you & me.

When he fully realizes

That, in spite of his persistence,

There is not 8. job to beg or to dema.nc1,,

Then this fact hurts 8: su1‘p:rises:-

That the means of.his existence ,
All belong to those who own the tools &‘land.

Then his fondness for the present”
Social system will diminish
Foe he'1l‘find the base of éocialism true
And its obj eots good & pleasant, '
And he'll surely. at the finish,
Join the militan , awakened 0.B,U!
' _ Daisy.
Printed in "[...]is»‘de1uded:" _ 4

/‘ _ 1. V { _ _ ,,rj«By. the fthoughtthat he’sV‘s‘uperior’ ' F

.54. "[...]he finds hell"/SV AlllCiu(l,r3,d 1]" 5;
~ With the 1andIes's}’:’toO’l--lessIslzivesr '1

If ther'e’s one time imore thanji ' . . .
' - like you and‘ me 1

others ‘ _ I -.
When 21 worker will awaken“ “ _[...]2 >6 ‘ - ' , . , Q
And become your humble brother,”_ j V.ITheThen t1iis'faht hurts and surprises!
Ami heis 3t‘“‘“"‘d‘;3d ""here ‘“1,‘i5’,i 1 .‘That' the means of his existence
. C°”“t"'yy$ bar-”e"S Wave ! it All belong. to thos.e,w,ho ‘own the‘Then his fondness for'the; r'presient _ V‘-’
; , 'Socia1,system will diminish, - ,. _
~F.ox"he’.ll find the base‘ of Social_-;' 2

3‘ »ism’s true ’[...]snd pleasant ‘ ; T
."_ And h'e’ll.sureIy, ,at"thefinish," 5
' ‘in . the Crn‘ili_ta'nt,A.. awakenedfi
, . "Tm-DA[...]

‘The too 13 * ‘

V slump cu.“ .
on and take[...]111 intellect, divine;

Readr"--puck-". ‘

For learning, leisure, health.

And ample store of wealth trust IUOK .'

Let drones. retaih thie land ‘
And let -the

.. uction jobs have been put[...]thgow to see
tg- Bob Woodward about his daughter (their grand-daughter) Vera, as
15 Bob is talking of taking her away from them; & they are very
b anxious to keep her with them. It was 2 years last January since
‘Jim & family went from here to Lithgow to live there; so I was
pleased to see them. » ,

Sun. May 8th, 1921. Last night I was wate[...]rds was quencher. Rain fell near1y‘a11 night, & the wind blew
the vapor back on to the ovens men. A bad night. I have to go
to work this[...]tm. Next Thur. is to be my
shift off according to the roster. Jim,Sster,_& little Jimmy
left us between 7 & 8 o'clock this morning; for Lithgow.
A They have to give Bob his & Lizzie's girl, Vera, when Bob
,; marries Miss Beecher; so the

,..,k_

"Bo. * 71
" THE chosen on oenvmv,
H (Tune-— The 01dVRustic Bridge ‘By the M1i1”.).

" ilimtfcgirrlicaing to night’ of the old magic bridge
a e s o'er the murmuring stream --
We sang thus irihouth, quite regardless of truth,
But now we've a far nobler theme 3 ' '
We sing o£ the cross‘& of Christ crucified, ‘
His mission of love to fu1fi1-- ' ‘
The cross where He died & the Tanfidm
For sinners on Ca1vary!s Hill 2
Chorus--[...]ers;
Upon it Christ died ‘midst two thieves:
He there paid our debt, & is offering yet
Free salvation[...]ns, far away, ‘
His love & His fame are forever the same;
He pities & pardons toeday. V
The drunkard, the liar, the gambler, the thief--
Humard.ty's dregs & its dross,
Of sinners the worst--all may still find relief
Through His blood that was shed on the cross.

" Believe & repent", is the message He sent
To those on the broad, downward road;

Believe & repent, & your G[...]n your soul of its load,

Start upward to day for the City of Light;»
Escape from the wrath pain & loss:. .
In love, not in fear,to the Saviour draw near

And be saved by His death on the cross 3
Dandelion 8/5‘/:31.

Mon May Shh, 1921.[...]he is leaving Sto-
ckton for England next Wed. on the liner "Euripides ". I got.
ready to go to see her[...]ling, I et-
ayed at hme; - = ' “ '
I am sending the following verses to "The Industrialist",

Newcastle:- , ‘
AN OPEN LETTER[...]hat it be a recomm-
endation from this Council to the unons that the 44

hours week be worked ° fi % 9
Mr~ Po C°nn911Y (ironw§rke¥g)d:ggonded the motion.

97%

coalmining iduetry the principle was observed & improved

upon, & they had lodged_a claim for a six hours day.

"Miners' Advocate". /5/21,
Good: Bravo, Jack 1 You're on’the-track
That leads to vast improvement 1
Let others pray for higher pay—-
You boom -the Six-Hour Movement 1

Devoid,of-fear,your'mind is[...], & ably reach

To lofty, sane conclusions.

Let others rage for higher wage—-
That rainbow still entices

The simple slaves o'er lands & waves,
Though lost in higher prices.

Let others strike whene'erHthey.1ike
To starve to get_more money

That's surely[...]er rent:
Soon wage & slave are parted; , ,
Around the couree~ like circus horse,
He gets to where he started 2

Jackh make them learn that all they earn-
The rise" the boss is.giving-- ~
Will just suffice, whate'er the price,

To buy a wage-slave's-living 1 . . .

It's time they Woke to see the joke

The owning class is trying, ". "
who give, each day,[...]e it when we're buying 3

And make this plain:— The only gain,
( In spite of‘ all protesting .
For[...]live in hope-—not sad-ly;

Six hours you'll get the:workers yet-—:
You're doing not too Baddely I

52 . fff>"‘1~
Excuse the 131111, th0u8h made in fun * ' ’

n is not ha.z[...]sincere

Who work for Freedom.m;18y.

Printed in "Thethe 44 hours week,
he worked ‘in five .dgy's.-"_l, Mr.“
P. Conndllyfitlronvvorkers)lse -'
onded the moltjon.‘ : ‘Mr. ’M.r
Baddeley (M‘_i11ers1.FedexjatioI1),;
said that in the coalmi‘nin_g[i '
dustry _ the :‘Mprinci‘pl,e v..y_vra’s‘,-ob’~_‘
served andtiiynproved "u»p,o'i and

‘ thethe'evs(ork'ers;
"You’.re doing. not; too 5B'addeley I ' 4:
xcuse 'the"‘pun;' though1'm'ade;ifn,: 1
“T a.-fun'- ~ '[...]Good! Bravo; Jack ['5 Yo _ re god
the track l v-' ‘ :1". '''I:; .~«

That leads to vast imp.rov‘erne_n tl
Let others pray "for higherfj)a')?—~1'-
‘You boom the "Six--Hour-“Move4 , -
ment! M . ‘. ‘ ‘[...]l 2 .l.;.

u'ay~111:h, 1921; My birthday. .
Let others rage for_hi_gher wage”; A I was born at K&C1'1 50l1‘lZh Australt

(The rainbow,which"Centie_eshJ"3 on the 111m of May’ 1867; so I am 54
"The Sil:1SI:1éc:11g§)S*h”¢“85 »fF39*-‘ tg-[...]s strxke whenefgr./thhey catéd by coke fumes a-tithe 3-tee1Wo3_~..
To starve to get'mor’é_;A,mjpney[...],*8c Standing
~ High wage is spentin,high'er.rent The Teefc" ‘for 361533. her dau-
ghter. Hereddrehs[...]"ken ,°“‘-.9“. paras/o Mrs. '~C119£PD6_l1;The Meadows,
‘ potten~§-,--‘End; Beekhamstead, Harts,
' A Et1g1and£- Last night I was at the

He gets to where he stzgrtedl‘

97%

water on Tuesday night, & had avvery trying time in the cold E

8: rain. . . '

Thur. May lath 192l.Last night was another bad. time on the
coke-ovens, with the cold 8: rain. When I came home a.t night
I read‘ "The Sentimental'B1oke" right! through. It is a well -«mi
tten book of verses,but unfortunately they don't say a word
against wage—s.lavery,:& are not likely to do more than amuse
a reader. '
SEND ROUND THE HAT:

"Mr. McGirr,in an appeal to the public to subscribe liber-
ally to the hospital collection to be held next week in the
metropolis, says the voluntary system of contributing to the
hospitals is on its trial. Many of those noble in[...]live by calls
For public contributions.

But, all the same, we think the game
Of cadging for their living .
Should promptly end, .8: we should spend
The millions Fa.t.is giving

To make small arms, on f[...]orchards, & on stations
That hospitals may. cease their calls
And be assured of rations.

The broken wrecks ( whose limbs 8: necks
Are mangled[...]mines & mills where hurry kills)

Are useless to their masters.

And we maintain this will explain

Wh[...]Government

On arms for bone—head carving ‘:

The slaves who bleed & wrzfthe in need

9’)?

The ruling cheats must have their fleets
Of murder—ships to battle

For epacés[...]3

You working flats: 1 send round your hate 1
( The farce becomes absurder

Prepare for calls to hospitals,

While Fat prepares for murder '.

printed in "The Industrialist",28/5/21. ’

Sat. May 14th, 1921. Last night I '_wa-are was turning the water
on & off for the quencher, but the weather was better & I had
a good shift, Jim Fraser's wife has gone to the‘ hospital with
enteric fever. Florrie saw Roberts, the clockmender, about
our clock that he has taken to repair, but hehmade some exc-
use ab .ut the weather. My verses, ‘Out Of Work", are in to-
day's Industrialist . The 44 hour law has to come into op-
erati on on the 22nd of this month.

Sun. May 15th,l921. I started my quick shift this morning at
8 o'clock, on the water again. There was something wrong with
the water pipes, so we did not push much coke out. I did not
attend the Army meeting this evening. lgose is to lead the ogen
air meeting. Florrie gave Mrs. Brooks The Cross On Calvary
to day. _

Mon. May l6th,192l. I[...]oy named Fred Hogg was put at it. I wen following the
quencher,with Horace Davis & Jock McArthur. Dave Ferguson -
was quenching . Rain fell from the .n.OI'th-east all day.

ANOTHER WAR,

"Batches of machinery" (part of an English purchase) con-
tinue to arrive at the small arms factory, Lithgow, & some
machines have been assembled. Theimachinery is similar to that
already in operation, but to enlarge the plant to any great
extent additional floorspace will be required, 8: to provide

Efiis the present Buildings will have tonne extended."-—[...]erald ,l6/5/81. . i

can't you see war coming, brothers,

qvb

Don't you see the Thugs preparing for the fray ?
. Can't you notice it, you mothers ‘
Who have had your husbands slain ‘
On their masters"fields of battle far away ?

Don't you see the orphans drilling

In the parks & at the schools ?

Can't you hear them reading Ji 0 magazines
To prepare their minds for kill ng '
Other sons of working fools

Who are also trained as soldiers & marines T

Don't you read the-daily papers

In which each impostor tries _

To delude the tool-less,landless slaves who toil

To perform flag-flapping capers
By his most atrocious lies V I
That the foe" in foreign countries wants his" soil?

Don't you know that you are landless ?
( That's the reason you are slaves
That you have no tools but[...]You'd be lying in.your gravesh .
As you have no other wealth a foe" could steel 7

Can't you see the impositions

Of the masters’ jingo press

When it tells you that yo[...]ters
Who you ask for leave to work; l
Who declare the paltry wage that you shall earn--
Who involve you in disasters A
Where neglected dangers lurk,
And prescribe the jingo lies your children learn 7

Workers 2 Pass this resolution

fiound the world, with speed of light,

Twe refuse to mahe o[...]s one, assert our right

To enjoy in ease_& peace the wealth we've made !
printed in "-The Industria1ist",l6 /6/21-.

Q77

Should promptly end;/‘and[...]r ;;Send.:Round_.the1Hat..!
iii»/5‘*"**-i ‘ t I_‘1_1.l-»-,
' f “Mr. McGirr -a appeal to I
f the publicto subscribegliberall
.. to therhospital collection to b
’ heldvnext week. in the" "metro _
‘ polls, saysthe volunteer systeinlfii
of contributing .tQ_hOSplt"2}lS
on its trial. .'Many of thethe coke-dump
F0” _, W filling trucks

Y_O_Cl »‘[...]l’h ,..farce becomes absurder) : joyed it after thetheiback of the
coke ovens, 8: put
iv in a miserable

1 day through the

» 1

h§spitg.i;[...]i _ Another,‘ War. \
‘i Like liospitalsflwhich live by calls__-;'

-“Btyh .h. —— ( -“of .heat of thethel ovens . 0:111
<'arrive' at the’ small arms factory, 111'» was On 3

game M ,[...]_ines_have -. water Ob 8.861 I1,
a Of cad in for their livin ' ..3bee“ assembled-» The m,a_chmery» but at the south-
gg .. g hld Y
.-‘1S'SlITll‘1l'.‘l.I[...]n ope - ern and -of tha 0V-
ation, but to enlargedthe platét to ans I asked
any great extent _ad ition[...]spac_e w,illvbe' required, and to pro- Jack Ward, the
‘ , ;vi_cie‘%i_s.'tiie present.»;13u'11d|0gSH3088 of thethers; i - H . .
‘ M 1 C3115 " V I “ "I T‘ lWar[...]And be assured of'rations;. ' » . Donat youéee the tbilgs p',.e_ ltdofg1vE in: the
- . i. ' _ . «rs —c ance.
The bF:::§**n;Vc*§’~sCl‘S (V_Vh°S°*‘1'm."9y‘. 'Can'£_§oa:l:§tif§; itt'Y,xesz<f>ifi’r1?<?ther,sE"' ‘i I gausht a cold 1 T
. ‘Are nianglcel[...]°S1:?Xe .had5y.°"‘-_" h_'?‘s,ba.“d.’5 ' the 18.81? I‘:%I'1;:i&
‘_In, minesan mi lsw ere i[...]ow tau 6 1'12‘,
kins) '_ V A . . — ~ . On‘ their masters fields of‘ with it. Today

‘ _ ‘battle far away? ' .
A Don’t;you see the orphan‘sdrilI_in_g I am Off Work ’aS

' ‘ In the parks and at the schools?“ 113‘ i8 my 7th day. '
w CanTt_yo_u hear them reading This is my pay

. ;iing0'ma%aZineS« . w a .1 have be un

’To.prepare their minds for killing ioywrit 6 out g

~‘ Other ‘sons of working fools‘ . .,‘ ,, W ., ,
‘Whofare also‘ trained as 1501- _ Anothen,-I 31'.

; for the ‘Indust-

rise to move that wef,app,rove ‘I " i
' Of noble institutions,

"should spend‘ _ ._
The millions Fatis giving-«. '3‘

. o

'.:‘ ' V‘ .‘.

Are'”u‘selés's to their rpasteré.‘

” *Why hospitals are starving;[...],‘On arms for borie4head-earying‘_,1-‘_;§

The slaves who ‘bleed,

a .1; diers andinarines[...]\ " k
~ . » V . . M. ., Donfi >yQi_,1.h.r ad the daily. papers A 131311 817 .J8.C
As°:i:::;e::‘[...]‘:m,ig ~ Iéséihich Zé¢h imam has gone to the
. 4 class V a ’ I. i " deluile g;e=1:o<)tl(;le[...]_f::fi§:gi_fi:pgihg'.cafieés Store for hi 8
TheThe Rubaiyat ,
' of Omar Khayyam, ;«
T _. V ‘ the Astronomer
Poet "of Persia",rend‘e”redf"ffito[...]d.F3.tzgera1d.

fleets »

. » i . . , Wat‘ ‘the’
Of murder-ships to battle ’ * L .;[...]

__ _. -'a_"‘fvoe"’: coul_d.stea1_?.

’ Can’t $rou'.see'the‘ im_positions'

‘Ofthethe palty wage
‘that youshall earn ?

Who involve y[...]ere neglected dangers ‘lurk,

_And prescribe. the jingo lies .i -

»\ 1 your .c_hild_ren.‘1_learn ?

A Workers‘! Pass this resolution . . .
Around ‘thethe wealth w_e7ve made I" l ‘,

tz/j2<i;l‘’l% %[...]5 1931. to '
Sinvegfigar fram well yesterv

9's. the

Lat day but I forked coke on
beitxch all day. u[...]t I thought that ”at' was fiyat

3 last day at the ovens,bu bd

hi4 p.m.I saw F0159, the °V°“S

t as the transfer had to be

Bignsd by Joe Gillard at the
gate, & he had then & woule ‘
not be back till Mon. morning-

AHSO I have to put in another

shift at the ovens:

nick Ford, of the earmy, is
go1ng to start a butter bus-
iness, & w[...]e has finished her _
course of music lessons with
the organ—teecher,M1SS RUSK‘
lay. We intend to give her
-‘a further course with Miss
welford. Jack has been prom-
is[...]y, hg pay on Friday was a
11/14 0. I have written the
following verses to-day for
"The Industrialist & the

it . "War cry", but the 1ast"ver-
Q 86 was not sent to the Ind-

ustr1e.11et":-
em EX'1‘R‘r'!IME 3.

Ii Whether bent with age,or

youthful,

Be extremely brave[...]or movement
To effect some slight improvement
In.the status of the workers-ebe extreme '

\

Do not turn & twist & r1 1
Though the floderateé-mgy §§g§1e

And the humorists may take you as their theme;

CW]

AYou may not be great nor cl[...]be earnest, ever, ‘

In your efforte to destroy the old regime;
.Use all powers, be they dental,

P sychiio, manual , or mental,’:

Use[...]your dream
’Be as straight as any arrow:

walk the Way that's high & narrow,

or you'll never get to Heaven: Be extreme!
All exce t the last veree_wae printed'in "Imelnddetrial—,
1st"[...]. V \ ,/A y , A In _yourAefi"orts to de5t1~oy"the
A ' V ' f _ _ IA‘ . Kg ~ old regime; "‘ " -[...]age, orjgyvouthi-’ ‘ _ Use‘ allipowers, be they deri- 7
I u ’ . ‘b I ’ J . ta ,.: H ,.
_ Be extremely brave and truthful; , A’ P ychic; manual,the status of the wor-k“ersi—-V-'.V A ' A’ 8U_Preme! , " - "[...]id TV .
\ Wriggleaf. I ‘:7? K’ Vui .
Though the Moderates may'giggle,A”‘_' , . A 9 AV A
And the humorists may take y,0_u_ 7 3 V
as their theme; t "V '-
Be a thorough out-and-outer,
Not a vacillating doubter, V.
If you wish‘ to help’ they
peop1e—~be;e_xtreme“. V '[...]

of.Lithgow. Fine weather.

E Sun»

I
;
7.

Thur. May 26th, 1921. Last night 8: the night before‘, I was
emptying small coal waggbns at the 18 inch mill boilers.

Two of our party were old[...]f age.‘ He used to keep a pub in old Lambtou
Another old man of our party at the boilers is Vgalter Nea-
le, of Newcastle. Tomfgaxnple returnedlmy book, The Philo-
sophy of a Future Life, last night. Young Mr. George, of

the '1‘ighe's Irhll corps,married Capt. Masters last night.

Fri. May 37th 1921. I worked at thether. We emptied nine.
—Send Round The Hat’ 1 in to-day's "Industrialist". Our
Jack ha[...]Sat. May 28th, 1921. Five of us unloaded coal at the boil-
ers lat night-. We have not started to work the 44 hours
week yet. Clear cold night; west wind.[...], 1921. Yesterday afternoon I was sent with
four others to the roll -scale pits to clean them out. One
of the men is Clem. Ayres, who came from Jerry's Plains[...]rents live. we had an easy shift, & spent most
of the time in friendly argument. Rain fell, but it did[...]red.

Tues. May 51st 1921. "ast night I worked at the 18 inch
boilers with Jim Johnson & Walter Neale. Rainy.
I have written the following :-
4 John’s Story. (John Storey).

"I[...]ughing because I was wondering what my dear
gld Mother would say i -:f she could only see me now".

If[...]ark to myself I. might wonder

what my dear old Mother would say if "she could only see
me now. One day I have anandience with the king. In a few
days I have got to have luncheon with the prince of Wales. ;
.....I’ remember sitting beside the prince of Wales during 5

his visit 8: saying to[...]have to be very careful what you do,because I am the

head of an Anarchist Party: ". Oh Lord is that so? 1':
(John Storey before the Royal Colonial Institute.

5(8)

610;"

Could my dear Mother see {nee now
‘And watch’ me amoodge & smile, 8: bow,

The ringlete on her no le brow
Would shake with pride[...]; who employ
= 0' loniasl statesmen A to ‘decoy
Theghorny-handed grafter! "

Would not my Mother dance & sine;

To see me here with queen 8: king[...]I'm cringeinig 8: adoring 3

I have to 11 eten to their "gufzf"
And« talk a lot of "loyal" stuff;
But[...]e I'm compelled to prate
While Uncle "puts it on -the slate ;
For,‘ how to run the Bosses State
I 'm hanged & banged if I know ‘v.’

If Mum ‘were here perhaps she'd say,
John, make the country pay its way:
Don't borrow cash you[...]

Let ‘Justice-reign, & Freedom atanqi,
Then, ‘John, you need not borrow 1 “.

Sent to "The Inaus1:r1a11st", 1/6/21.

,, __

0183

Ayres,~59.

Burgess, 29:F”By Order of the General”,50, Baldwin
50. Brookf1eld’55. Birth[...]thropic SQcia1i§t's
,34, Arthur Burgess, 39, "Another War’

M ' . '_~- . M » V 593
. Angel,9.-Arthu[...]lynn, 22. Goods 40.-Good Housek eping,22.
Help to the Reading of the Rib e",9. Holidays,l2.27. Herb

Davies,
fiolland[...]ts,10.
",20.2l. Phonograph,22. Pearl,40.

"Pie In The Sky

"Run the Greaser,Run"'
' Russia, ,
Strong Wcrds',O. 1o. su[...]',1l.B9. Smith,22
Spencer Wood,28.49,

Send Round theThe Cross On Calvary",5o,

INDEX, = (gig

"Tom Tea1,57;59, "The Sociéiistic Bloke” 7L."To_Whom It May

goncern9,10. 9} Thg Girl Crusoes;9. Tam$1yn;14; Tyun1ey,38.
The Downward Way",29. .. . . _

United laborer[...]

Vall well here, & I am pleased to see you are the same. I
did not forget to send-you the ointment'& liniment, but I
‘; packed a cardboard box with the same,;bnt.I could not get
i.it through. They said I had to pack it in a wooden box. I
tried s[...]aving some rain, which

ospitable in reference to the boys coming up at Christmas,

E, but I made arrangements weeks ago to pay_a visit to Cessnock
during the holidays. You know, Joe, our house is not what it[...]it

k ab stronger I will be pleased to see any of the boys. I am

mgxk pleased to hear of their success, & I hope they will spend

an a pleasant holiday. I remain your loving sister, & family.

iI._ I will send ,_t_he ointgnent later.
‘ (.[...]use & land in.Hensen
F _ Avenue, Hayfield EastJ“The full amount-to be paid. was 470
. pounds.[...]

& Walter Neale again to-day in the carpenters‘ yard. A
light shower fell this morning. continuing the Gui Bono
(What's the good 7) controversy with myself, I wrote the

following :-
GUI BONO ? (2).

Dear Dandelion, Yo[...]want and die,
And pampered drones in riches lie,
Then surely you're a duffer L

Excuse my bluntness—[...]sh,_not steel-—

I hate to see impostors steal

The the wealth that's made by workers.
This social system I detest»

In which the Worst deprive the Best

Or learning, culture, wealth, and rest ,
To live as idle shirkers i

No[...]lave
Depending for existence ‘
On those who own the tools and land
And thus obtain complete command
A Of slaves who do not understand

The way to make resistance I

989

I wish to make slaves realise

That they can make the Earth ‘their prize
If they will only organise ‘

And end the present Order;

If workers a1l,from Poles to Line,

In One Big Union will combine

They'll view a land of Joy divine,

And shortly cross[...]- ‘

PEACE ON EARTH.

In an old Book's mystical pages

There is written a wonderful story—-

A vision and dream of the ages,

With Peace for the crown of its glory.

It tells of a star-flame eternal

That shone o!er the field and the fen,

While the song of the Singers supernal
Floated down to the children of men.

In the night of the World they came bringing
To the far—distant land of the East

A promise of love in their singing

When the wars of the world shall have ceased.
x x x x x x x x x x x.x x x x x x x x -
All scarred are the fields where the dying
But yesteryear lay with the slain,

Where Hellfs blaokest banners were flying
And flaunting the triumphs of Gain;

But I hear the refrain of a story

That the Shining Ones sing from afar,

And the world is reflecting the glory _
Of'a light that flames forth from a star.

0 Labour E the song they are singing

Is the fair song of Freedom again,

And "Peace" is the message they're~bringing,
And Goodwill to the children of men.

’ H.E.Holland.

§ kind & welcome letter.We got the money—order & the books all

f> right, & many thanks for them. I trust God will bless you for
your kindness to[...]s wife. He had a bad fal1,she said on her
letter, they thought he had broken his ribs, but he was better

, at the time of writing. They send me as well as they can. She

“ said they were depending on their children now; but still a

» little will do go[...]nd—~scarce1y had a day for
3 weeks, so not like the nice weather we wrote of in our last
letter.I dare say you still have lovely weather out there.

r’ I was sorry to see Jack had been very il[...]had a daughter named aft-

: er me; & I also hope the marriage you spoke of will be a happy
one.I should think he would give up the curse of drink. Mr.
Webster does not drink nor sm[...], & that was someth

thing to be thankful for, as there are thousands here out of we

rk & starving. Never such a thing known in our country. The

war has ruined England. We are sending you a pap[...]for his: he got it to—day. I am send-

ing you the dear old face of Billy Bray. You have heard your Mo,

ther speak of him; she has heard him preach many time[...]y. Mr. Webster says we better sell out & come out there.

I should like to very much if I was a bit younger-- but there 3’

we must make the best of it. Write soon all the news."

(Answered 7th Mar; 1921.) ' 1

Copy of un[...]rom my Sister;} A
,"Reid Avenue, Lithgow, Dear Brother & Sister, At last the
1°38-delayed answer to your letter. We ar[...]

_ /L;

Vopy of‘a letter from Jaek:e,

"The People's Palace, Sydney.l8th Feb. 1921. Dear Parents,
Brothers, & Sister, I got down here all right about dinn[...]udson's refreshment
shop in George street, but as there doesn't seem to be such a
place we obtained a double room at the People's Palace. for
15/- a week (each). This doeslnot include meals. we got break-
fast here, and the other meals anywhere we happen to be at
mealtimes. I g[...]o believe that I'd have to pick myself from under the
wheels of electric trams, omnibuses,eto. every ti[...]o cross a street. This afternoon‘we went out to the Sports
Ground to see the Englishmen playing against New South wales, i
but Gregory & Mocartney, for N.S.W.put the Englishmen's bowls I
all,over the field (Of course'you couldn't expect anything

else seeing the batsmen were Australians,& the bowler a Dopey o A
old Pommey, could you, Dad‘? We have been to the Museum,etc. et

c, & taken I don't know how many tram rides, but there are so

CM;

guy's watch. he went along the street at about so miles an hour

more or less) got around a corner, and away; We haven't seen
the unemployed yet, but I suppose we'll comeupon them in the
near future. How are things at the Steelies ? I suppose most
of the works are shut down since the Chief Ohhemist left, but
as long as Dad & Jose don't get the bullet it won't affect us
much. Tell them ever there, if they want to sack anyone, to
give Charlie the push, as the rough old, bone-headed carpenter
can be dispensed[...]gyself.Goodbye. Jack;
P.S. Tell Irtie & FTPDY if'they are good boys I may bring
them a little present home as a bonus; & tell Jose if[...]arrived this morning,& it
has been written since the 18th; but I don't think you post-
ed it when you[...]d on Friday afternoon last & Jose is shifted from
the blast furnace to the shop-- no éunday work—- & he has a
great big smile over the shift from the blast furnace. The
carpenter is still working, & he will keep the rent paid.
Cecil got sacked with Dad, but has started again this morn~
ing. There has been a great day at Waratah park to—day. It

has been the Council's Jubilee, & all the kids, including
Artie,
e, & half a pound of chocolate each given to them, & they
never paid a penny for going in; Florrie said it is the best
picnic she has been to. Jose-doesn't want anything from

down there, & Artie said to tell you he has been a good boy;
The carpenter said you can bring him a five pound cam[...]o you want
any money‘? From your affectionate Mother." A

- .4; -../

‘copy of a letter from Sister:—l
"Reid Avenue, Mar. End, 1921. Dear Brother & Sister, I was
pleased to receive your letter,[...]gofking well. We are doing next to nothing with the ointment
inimenta as the trade name too closely resembles Fauldings,

1
{

have been over there, & they got a big pear, a big appl

printed. I suppose the meneyed men get firstechoice. I am
pleased to hea[...]ns working to help you. You speak of your Joining the 3
Salvation Army. Well, if I had had such good lu[...]uiet at night, fo

r Jim goes out a great deal, & the children go to bed early
& it gives me time to th[...]course Lila
does not go out night; but even when they are all here there
is always a vacant spot. I do not hear from Bob[...]I hope he i
s better. I suppose you don't know whether he is married or
not. Nelly has been to‘Penrith for a week. She has not been
too well lately. we got the war gratuity paper to fill in t
to get the money for little Jim, & as it amounted to nearly[...]o
rear him; but later we received word that his Mother was to
get it, & Jim's Father had to make a will to that effect;

so where does the Justice come in there again ? You speak of
the Salvatoonists keeping me busy, but I think it is[...]church I receive no visits from any minister, for the Pros-
byterin minister is some class here, I tell[...]a. But we have all done our best,
so far, to fill the place of one who would have been a good
Mother, if she had been spared. we are having some rain here
to-day, but it has been very hot lately. The gardens round
here are lovely, & vegetables & fru[...]erful letter
later. Give my love to all, & accept the same for yourself
from your loving sister,[...]

Copy of another letter from Polly;-

"Sendgate Road, Wal1send,19[...]line to let you know that Harry will be down for the
bookcase on thursday night. we would have been to[...]ould have it straight away; & he was
telling that there is more furniture belonging to Mother at
Mrs. Scott's, & that I could have that; so I will be getting
it while we have the cart. so I am pleased, as I can do with
it.Getting a home together in these hard times is a very hard
Job; so, hoping you a[...]r
Nephew, I received your kind<& welcome letter & the money

order, for which I am very thankful, for y[...]to me. I shall never forget you, nor your kind brothers. You
must give them my love & thank them for me. God will bless
them for it. I have been very poorly ever since; was not fit
for very much} as weak as a baby. But I hope as the weather
gets warmer I shall feel better. Not heard from Robert since
Christmas. When I write to them again I will give them your
love & ask them to write to you, & I will inquire about un-
cle John's daughter Elizabeth. They never write anything
about her or'her German husband. we got the papers all right,
& thank you for them. we are sending the "War Cry" & another

Paper. Mr. Webster is of the same opinion as yourself. The

money-lovers are ruining the world. Everything is in a tumult.

Up in Wales the coalminers are out on strike, as they are
calling up the reserved men for a new army.We are afraid of

CNS

4

Thousands home here are starving, as all the mines are closed do
down because of the rich. will not give us a living wage, '
& our rat[...]et a house to suit us yet. Mr. & Mrs Webster send their love
to you, & your wife, all your family, & your good brothers.
May God bless you all. New I must close. I rem[...]ry has gone away. when she comes back I will

get the address of her daughter."

I

(Answered 27th June[...]ie Judd;-

“Socialist Labor Party of Australia (the oldest Revolutionary
Socialist Organisation in Au[...]ilding, Central street, Sydney.Official
Organ: “The Revolutionary socialist“, Sydney, Ap. 30th, 1921.
Mr. J. Cooking, Dear Gomrade,Your subscription to the Revol-
utionary Socialist" expired Jan. 15th , l921.therefore your
arrears to date are 1/3. The cost of production, & the federal
Government'srefjusa1 to register our paper for transmission ‘
through the post as a newspaper, cause us to lose slightly on
every single copy posted. Therefore we will be grateful if
you will forward the amount of arrears at your earliest con-
venience. The Socialist Labor Party is the only scientific
expression of organised revolutionary Socialist thought in
Australia, & the "Revolutionary Socialist" is the spearhead
of the revolutionary Socialist movement in Australia. By[...]to become subscribers, you will be assisting in the great
work & rendering a service to humanity. Tha[...], June 14th, 1921. Dear Joe, Thanks very much for
the loan of books, which I am returning per Eb. Worley. I am
sorry the books are not in such good order as when I received t
them from you, but unfortunately I had to go boarding out

when my wife's mother came to look after her, & some of the you
gsters got hold of_them. The wife is now out of hospital, but
is still[...]

GUI BONO.(1).

I Dearest Dai[...]en reading

All your Socialistic pleading
» With the workers to awaken & to wisely organise:
5 They will think you are demented, . ’

For they're stupid and contented,~ ' ‘ £fL&;2/

While the PAYtriotic Jingoes pull the wool across your ~

Hog, V - K

Take my kind advice, my darling:

Stop your Socialistic snarling,

Let the slaves continue sleeping as they've slumbered
you should know by their discourses (hitherto 1
That they study nought but horses

And the way to"pick the winner 2 not to join the O.B.U.

V I appreciate your pity
For the slaves in fie1d& & city,
But you ought to cut your garment out according to your cloth i
_Let them sweat, & s1ave,'and.cmnIi§=iiiP b1ister——
They're contented with it,sister 3
Let them toil & fight for Master; save your breath to cool
(your broth 2
Whilst you're pitying & thinking _ -
Of the slaves, perhaps they're drinking,
Or are busy picking doubles from so[...]you are penning strictures V .
W On wage-slav'ry, they're-at pictures,
gr at stadiums where pugilists retail the dexter hook S

Do not fret, nor get excited

When you see their wrongs unrighted;

They may waken in the future-~ when the sun's fierce fur-
, Let them fight,& drink, a gamble—— ( Race 00918 1

? Take your book of verse & ramble ‘

of Where the flowers tint the landscape—-

9 Waste not.good advice on[...]

Take my’ kind adv_ice,_[...]ted

'- to wisely organisewg,’ ‘
They will think you are deme
For they're stupid and c.ont_e
VVhile the‘PAY—trio_tic.ji'_ngoe

the wool across their eyj

.4?
ull

Let the slavescontinue sleeping_'.-_

. as they_’re slumbe_red1hit.11¢t$o {in Q
You should kn[...]dis-3
courses I 7 “(C it I/',"" -‘ ,
Thatithey study nought,-but hi)’, eéf ‘-
And the way to" “pick th'e-»W,i‘n_lg’
ner,” not to join:the‘fQ.BZU‘;; I -3 ., V ’

.f appreciate your -pity. e i __ ., H
For the slaves in field an,d.‘city‘;;._
But you o[...]t out according to ' i
. cloth 1 ’ " j i
Let them slave, andfisfwea
buster——4 ' '_'; FY
Theyire c0nter1ted'With it, sist _, .‘ 3 _
Let them toil and fight. .()l_rf,‘,'y' . .
master ;_ s[...]" ‘

,.Whi1st you’re pitying. and thin ‘
Of the_ slaves,‘ perhap's_,'th ’-='r
‘drinking, I[...]es ‘ . I _,
T Or at stadiums where pug;
retail the de_xter’.h_ook I

W'heii you see "the; wrong
righted; .1
They may awaken‘ in ther_fut’urefl, ,
—-,—whe'n the .sun’s fierCe'""fur-_, ~ V
'* nace cools l,.'.-. " I ‘ I‘
Let them fight, and
' gambl_e_ _ I. M
Take your bookfo[...]your'_.:" ‘2 I ' — V‘

I’ On wage-slavery they’.re atltjpic-_:.~‘._-V

,;»That

_, 0. .
This-s ould be read before the E
verses on page 30. ~»- '
Sat. June 11, 1921. I was off ti
work[...]tell me his name. We
.'f-We carried timber along the
iiwharf to the Iron Monarch. I

went to Newcastle" yesterday &[...]~,6 saucers at 4d each . I went to
IV *= Roberts, the clockmender, & he

‘promised to bring the clock on
monday. I bought a book atGin-
gels for ed, entitled "The Let—.
-gter Bag Of the Great Western; or

{,:‘Life In A Steamer",232 pages, _
,written in 1853 by theauthor of

2 "The Sayings & Doings Of Sam
slick. I took "Qui Bono (1) &

'3 &YQiii;2' to the office of "The In-
’/ = } jduetrialist", at the back of

, the Newcastle Trades Hall.
gflarry Spencer Wood, the editor,
,_fi advised me to write to the
iԤ, Kerr publishing 00., U.8.A.
3 concerning my verses. I prom-
. ised to do so;

Continuing the Gui-Bono=con~
.treversy between "Dandelion"
& "Da[...]have written "

, GUI BONO (3);

Dear Daisy, let the slaves
alone,

For they do not complain;

‘ Their heads seem turned to
wood or stone,

And seem devoid of brain 1

and ink
~v To make them feel & see
,That they are slaves ? They
really think

)
“hi Why Waste your time with pen
they, like birds, are free I

\

Theyietouite eontent to spendjtheir,1iveed

In labor hard & long
For Just enough to keep their wives,

And never-think it's wrong.

No socialist have they believed
Who colmly spoke; or raved,

Explaining how they are deceived,

Exploited, and enslaved.

so writ[...]aps, awaken one
By writing for a year, ‘
But of the others few, or none,

‘ Have minds that you can clear.

Give them the horse, the pipe, the glass,
The comic picture show,

The two-up school, the sinful lass-—
They're Paradise below I

But talk to them of things divine,

Of subjects high & clean,

Of[...]eight slaves of nine
Will wonder what you mean I

They have no object, aim, nor hope,
No ideal State, nor plan,

No vision in their mental scope,
No faith in God, nor man 1 «

So write to them of butterflies,

(Likem poets who are den[...]

_ Givethem the”_h,orse,_ t_he'_'p'ipe,”‘_t,
_ glass-,.. f . ' ..

' The two-up ‘school, the sinful lasé

”Bmmmmmmomm

?

V Dear Daisy,——Il.etVthe slaves alolne,»

’ I wood oristone, . «
And[...]n!

VVhy waste your
e and ink . _
“ ‘To*make:them feelfand see;
,That they are slaves P. They.rea_1ly
' . think k I “
_ ‘ ‘That they,‘ like ‘birds, are

:'Ihey’re quite content _to spend
' their lives _ ’ ’ ’ " :
In labor hard and long[...]ream lt’s wrong"!_- _ :

_;No Socialisthhave‘ they believed?‘

time win; pen

their

L Exploited',and enslayed I’ V

Soiwrite of[...]one
" By writing’ for a year,’ > "
,- But of the other-syfew, or ‘none,’

The comic, picture a show.‘
_' ——they’«re.Panadi‘se " ‘

gsdivin
-1 Of lsubjec[...]. ; . ~ .
Will vg';on_derIwhat_ ‘you _mean_!

They have noiobject, aim nor hope, T
-. ‘No ideal'St,ate,' nor plan ;- ~
No vision in “their ~mental,»sco ' '
t No faith in God, nor man 1 r

3° “trite. to. them tr .but§térfl.ie'sf' - ~
ij ’:(L1l<e ‘ po[...]walked to chinchin street, E
.~Is1ington, & back. There was to have be
, .. ' For-theydo not complain; H -'7 an an -°pen"a'lr meeting there! but lt

,'l‘heir ‘heads seemed turned j'to[...]Peppelftovm instead; 30
” " }we missed it.

ied the open—air meeting in Islington

v“§In the evening I attendee the open— »
Ҥair in the top end of Elizabeth street,
.jTighe's Hill, & spoke there, but did .
;not attend the indoor meeting. To day

mqҤI went with Jose & his Mother to New-

{This was the final payment.The total
,;amount that we have paid to H.Dee &

' the Building Society is £ 549~19-7.
-§Jose drew 40[...]f, but we only borrowed and used
‘Explaining howthey are deceivt:a\_$Vy1i,,/, E; , _.
S& then payment for the house & land ?
‘will be done with,& they will be leg-

Who calmly spoke,‘ orjravedp". .‘ '

f Tom sample, Walter Neale, & a few
? others emptying a tripper of small coke
-~~ near the munition shed..W9 finished it
lbefore cribtime, & then all went to a

T’tripper of very small coke near the
. . , , .. ibig new offices where the clock &

Ha“=m””S”m‘°©“°%“°k§$[...]‘ to fill a Waggon with small fluor
; spar near the number 3 furnace.
7 the way over we had crib in the machine
L shed; Avery cold Westerly wind blew
a all night: Jose bought his brother

; Jack a safety razor & strep to—day

. of—enn& round steel b[...]y

was my“1ong shift loff, so I gttend— ?
.ed the Army meeting in the<Tighe's ‘
‘Hill ihal1.at 11 a.m., after Jose

' A‘

'2

In the afternoon I attend

‘park, & read Jonah,lst & 2nd chapters.§

‘castle & paid £ 1b7~19-7 off the house;

2‘

ally ours. Last night I was with old

On

as a birthday present. They cost 27/~.

Wed. June 15, 1921¢ Last night I wa[...]it wood on to a truck
for number 3 furnace. Five others were‘

also sent, but 2-had to unload[...]

_ __ __ «um...

I s ‘I 43;?

lfithen we here sent with a lead of-timber to the "Wear" at the

ore ore-wharf. Macilveen told me to come to work[...]I can have Sundays off work. This morning I wrote the
following ldtter:- -"No. 10, Henson Avenue,Tighe'[...]have been writing verses on sub-

jects affecting the workers, & my contributions have been
printed by[...]that I should write to you with a view to
getting the verses published in beck form. I am therefore
writing this note to ask you whether you would print & publish
my verses if you thought they were suitable, d, if so, upon
what terms & conditions you would undertake the work. My fri-
end told me that you sometimes publish on the half share
system.Is that so? Ad I am a working m[...]can of

fer. Please reply as soon as possible. In the meantime I
shall re—write the verses & ask my Journalistic friends_to
write a few lines to tell you what I am & what they think
of my verses. Please address:- Josiah Oock[...]again to-night.

Fri. Nuns 17, 1921. I started on the all day shift yester-
day in Tom Tea1e's gang, & spent the day in spreading flue-
dust, coke-breeze, & slag on the line near the Crebert Street
road. I started at 7-30, & my day finished at 5 p.m; Fine
weather. I received a Lloyd's Weekly & a War Cry from En[...]ght a bicycle engine for

£ 4-10-O to.work his lathe.‘

Sat. June 18, 192l.I was sent to break up a slag skull in
front of the neg gffice yesterday, & finished the work.

" ‘Last night I attended the open-air
meeting of the Army in Hamilton. In Newcastle Charlie bought
a big book entitled "The Boy Mechanic", for 13/-. To-day I
levelled coke & slag “in front of the new office buildin .,
"a left work at 20 to 12 a.m;I finished re-writing "The gth
Craft Union Meeting ".
Tues. June 21, 1921. Last Sunday I attended all of the Army
meetings. The meeting_in Islington park in the afternoon
{as given over to the advocates of Prohibition, & Phil Ad-

er &[...]

44. ill a)

U.S.A. as a result of Prohibitio[...]wn, south Aus. &~I spread some coke-h
breeze near the new office & near the munition shed. Fine weather
In the evening I went to bear Mr. R,B.S. Hammond speak on Pro-
hibition, in the Methodists‘ Parish Hall, Tigheis H111, At the
conclusion I asked the same question that I asked in the park,
& received the answer that there was no increase of crime, b
but a decrease .

Wed. June 22, p921. Jack Manion, the man from Jamestown, & I
filled drays with coke-breeze near the machine shop yesterday.
when we had filled away one pile we filled sandstone at the
same place for the little crusher near by. Then we were sent
to fill coke—breeze (that is very small coke) near the employm
ent office. At 3 p.m. the carter left us with his horse & cart
as the horse had lost a shoe. We then went with the bosa~-Bar-
ney Healey—- to spread broken bricks near the coal bridge. I
stayed at home at night to let Flerrie & Fred go with their
Mother to a school concert.

Thur. June 23, 1921. Yeste[...], ing Bill Bossuit's dray with ooke—breeze near the employment
office. We finished there at 2 p.m. & went to a heap near the
machine shop. We were filling there; & when the dray was away
with its load I sat down until it r[...]ked me did I think it looked right to sit down on the Job
I said,"Yes, if there is nothing to do." When old Barney had
gone I sat down again when the dray was away, & Barney returned
& said ,"You com[...]said ,"I have been here about 6 years, &
you are the only man that has told me to stand when there is
nothing to do ." He replied, "I am here to look after myself".
He took me to where the slaves were spreading bricks & rubbish
near the coal bridge to fill the swamp. I had to wheel the stuff i
into the water. Fine weather.

Fri. June 24, 1921.1 worked all day spreading[...]rubbish. Tom Weeks, a young man, was in charge of the gang. On
the way home I was overtaken by Arthur Burgess on his bicycle,
& he stopped & had a chat with me. Fine weather.

Sat. June 25, 1921.Al1 day yesterday I was levelling off rub»
bish near the coke bridge. In the evening I walked to Hamilton
& attended the Sarmy open~air meeting, & spoke. No volunteers.
H[...]to be a very hard place to get converts in. From
there I went by tram to Newcastle to get "The_Industrialist"

& to consult Harry Wood about "The 8th Craft Union Meeting".

a.

yesterday.“ ' ' c

Mon. June 27,t192l. Last Saturday I worked at the bricks &
rubbish until 11-45 a.m. The weather was cold, & heavy rain

fell in the afternoon. Jim Fraser returned the books I lent

.him while I worked at the coke ovens. Yesterday I was at all

of the Army meetings, except knee—dril1. In the afternoon I

went with Fred And Walt to get Ted Freeman's boy Alex-to so

to the Salvation Army Sunday school. Brother Bob gave us ten
shillings to send to aunt Grace.[...]etter

& 2 papers from her.She was very weak when the letter left.

I wrote to adjt. Druery & sent copies of "The cross on Calvary",
and "Jesus". for Mrs. Druery to sing. Their address is:—AdJut-
ant Druery, 735, Illawarra[...]Cooking to rob a hen's nest i

in a yard next to the Army Hall. Fred was chased by the 0

owner & caught by some boys, but was rescued from them by

his brother Jack who was passing in a sulky. The man who 1
was robbed arrived & tried to pull Fred out of the sulky

but Jack stopped him . After a deal of hot debate Jack pa

id the owner 5/- as compensation for the stolen eggs, & t

the trouble was settled. When Fred came home I chasti[...]g.
Some of our gang refused to start to,work, but the others
started. I worked until 8 o'clock & then left work as the
rain continued. Another left with me; & shortly afterwards
all of the gang went home too. Rain fell nearly all day. It
was the prince of Wales"birthday-—aholiday—- yesterday, but
we were told to-work, probably because the Co. would not have
to_pay us extra for it being a holiday, because it was not
called a holiday in the award. I wrote a letter to aunt Grace
yesterday, & will send with it our Jack's photo, Arthur's, &
the photo of our dining room. Granny Robinson,May's Mother, 1
is very ill at Violet sheldon's house. Frank Robinson & his
wife are there to see his Mother. I wrote the following ver-
ses for "The Industrialist" yesterday:-
our some ? (4.) Daisy'[...]ear Dandelion_£ Fie, for shame!
Tomthus besmirch the workers' name 1 ~ 7
You called the patient workers "swine"

And blackheads, i[...]

To rob the children of their'bread;
To fill the mothers‘ minds with dread
when savage husbands, drunk[...].’s=:;,,-.\4g_«'.‘,:._..

But don't you know the poison-glass

Is needed by the owning class

To stop the working man's advance

And dope the energetic ?

Until the ruling class can find

Some better means to dull the mind

The sale of drink comes not by chance—-
It's master's anaesthetic 1

And that some force the sinful lass
Through deepest depths of Hell to pas[...]e shall produce

No more for profit, but for use,
They'll not descend to sin & shame

To get a bare subsistance 3

That some are ignorant I know:_

The race—horse and the picture show
Monopolise some workers‘ minds;

Of little else they chatter.

But if sweet Socialism came

Would there not be the race, the game,
And pleasures still of harmless kinds,
As well as things that matter ?

Of course there would, you foolish Dan E
so don't defame your_fellow man.

The toiling millions yet shall learn
That one should[...]Earth is stored with ample wealth
To give to all their due of health

And peace to eat the food‘they earn,
And life with ease and plenty L

'

Le; ti{a£'£y'[...]V 1 *
_ ef -; ~ * K.., I ' V
You ’éZ??ed theThetheTheiié-tsiietéveqrihigi [twill a‘drnit,‘,'i I}[...]sit.,_.- « - V ’

‘ To ‘take the wives and cliildrenfsg 7.’ ;_.§f ,'6_atT}5/u[...]'* ' A

1’ - ,

little Short 0

To rob the,\children of their bread: I . .
To fillthe mothers’ minds with .

‘ _ , dread. I¢ A. . .. But[...]. yBL.l.t:lL1‘<,)l"l!’Vt$’Ol1'k1'IO\WI"the‘[5OiSt)n‘_ ' whose che.ery,courteous manner t[...]wards me was always something that '1
Is needed bythe owning class ' I

I Andhsto _.the_ rk. _ ., was very pleasant & helpful to me;
ad,[...]s_ V As a result I will always think
_,,And.dof>e the energetic? « ~ kindly of you._c°- you can always depend

Until thethe spiritual struggles of a
' , r . x -. young man are Jack at how there is
-Comets notw. much temptation to give way in the

' anaesthetic! 1- fight. The world, the flesh, 8: the Dev
w*§n<i1tA?i=1i:tS?=?*Ir'e*f°§;5‘3;-t1.1e[...]a

.':i:;.,.b1ame, - » Ohristian-- certainly-thethe close of life, which sometimes
I No :,,‘,’oir[...]l
_V:T_fhgy’11notdescendtoisin a;;di.o- to keep the smile of God from day to ’
««‘:-TO";:;“:.b‘a;éishbgist ‘ V, A.’ V day, generally the reason is not far
~ i_ , _ _ e"°°-.i to[...]

L+%dack of prayer & ceasing to heed the call of duty, which
is the call Qf God.Now, how are you getting on, Jack ?
S[...]me time ago that you were not taking your
part at the Corps. If this is still the case don't drift on
like that, old boy, but make a fresh consecration to the
only life & service worthy_of you. We like Marrickville all
right~— there are many things that make it acceptable-~tho
de[...]our hearts. It will ever be so; we cannot forget the dear
faithful comrades & friends there, & the many blessed times
we had together, & look forward to seeing you all again some
day[...]F. Druery, Adjt."

Wed. June 29th, 1921; I was at the same Job yesterday, but
the weather was fine. In the evening I had a chat with Mr.
Daniels wnose eggs were stolen. I afterwards attended the
indoor meeting of soldiers. we got a money order[...]fingers 3 & a thumb are worn through

by handling the bricks. I was too tired to go out last night. 1
M[...]s. Wlokham stayed in our
house about an hour when they returned.

I wrote the following verses for the nwar Cry":-

TO BAOKSLIDERS., (Tune:-"Wait Till The Clouds R011 By".

Comrade who once loved Jesus,
B[...]k to Jesus now, comrade,
He will again forgive 1

There shall be Joy in Heaven

If you return and live :

Sister who followed Jesus
When in the bloom of youth,

Why into Hell descend ?

Others for you are praying

In solitude and tears l‘

Do not continue straying, a
Do not increase their fears. 3
How they would miss you in Heaven

While endless ages shall roll 1

Let not their hearts be riven;

Grieve not each loving soul .

Mon. July 4, 1921.To-day I was at the tip levelling the
brieks_and rubbish that carts were taking to the swamp near the
coal bridge. On Saturday I was at the same job. We only worked
half an hour on Friday; an account of the rain.ni was paid on .;
hrida , but my pay was onl[...], as I lost £
a daygexcept half an hour) through the rain. Jose'ss pay was
over 14 pounds. Yesterday I attended all the Army meetings.
Brigadier Charles Knapp led in the Hall at night, & in the Is»
lington park in the afternoon. One woman went to the penitent
form at night. Granny Robinson is gradually recovering.Young
Alex. Freeman went to the Army Sunday school in the afternoon: ~%
at night he attended the Hall meeting. I took him home. i

I

"ed. July[...]off rubbish again yesterday.At _,
night I went to the soldiers‘ meeting at the Hall, & read _ 5
a part of the 129th Psalm, & spoke on the second verse. Jack fi
& May were there also. Lovely weather; i

Thur. July 7, 1921. All day yesterday I levelled rubbish into
the swamp again. Son Jack has got the proof print of his
photo, & looks very nice . The 2 big watermains have burst be-
tween Buttai & Maitland, & there is likely to be a water famine V
in this district until they are repaired. Our water is nearly ali
1 out off. Two of the mills at the steelworks are closed down ;
through the shortage of water. I have written the following:- .

__._ , .____

our BONO ? (5).

De[...]ogise I vs
But often does my temper rise f
To see the slaves believe the lies

Of ev'ry fat impostor

Who grabs the land beneath our soles,

That binds him for his master's g[...]appear
Like sunshine through a ladder 1

But no i The patient, stupid slaves
W111 labor till they near their graves
To keep a host of idle knaves,

In raiment rich & scented,

Who take their whisky and cigars

And gad about in motor cars,

And soil their souls in private bars,
Fat, brazen, and content[...]er's boy

To learn to murder and destroy

To save the wealth the swine enjoy

And get by legal thieving.

They FORCE the toilers' sons to drill‘
And learn to stab, and[...]posture still
Is almost past believing 1

And yet they think it's not a crime

If drill is done in ~mas[...]t lunacy sublime, ‘

Defying all description ?

The patriotic fathers cursed

When there was fear THEY'D be coerced
And forced to war; and yet they've nursed
Fat's curse of boy-conscription.

Gonscription's very bad for Dad,

But "beneficial" to the lad 1

No wonder, Daisy, I get mad

with such unfeeling tinkers f

They let their helpless children run
To learn to use their master's gun
To kill another worker's son

Or burn his bones to clinkers K

{ Who give their children to their foes,

J To whom the wealth of nations goes,
You're worth a crown in Zion 1 j “
And if you yet achieve success
The slaves your honoured name will bless;
I've_little[...]’.

Sat. July 9, 1921. Yesterday I was again at the levelling
.work, In the evening I went to Newcastle & got a glass put

in Florrie's wristlet Watch is 1/-. I took the proof of Jack
8s photo to the photographer & ordered 6 copies. I took “Gui
Bone ? (5) to the "Industrialist" office at the Trades Hall,
&.then I went by tram to Hamilton & took part in the Army's op
en-air meeting.. I walked_home with Mr. Osterley, a Norwegian,
who is a member of the Tighe's Hill corps. He told me the 1
story of his conversion_in New Zealand. ’Jose is putting up 3
shafting & pullry wheels to drive the lathe by his motor en-
gine. -

Mon. Euly 11, 1921. I was at every meeting of the Army yes-
terday. In the evening meeting Ken Woodbury & Jessie Taylor

went to the penitent form. t %

Tues. July 12, 1921.Yesterday I was levelling until dinner ti 3
time.After dinner the whole gang went to a punt at the wharf n %
near the coal bin & put some fire+clay into a hopper of a wag- s
on, & then we placed some cases of fire—bricks in lots of 4 to
be lifted by a crane. This took us until 3 p.m. Then we all
went back to the levelling again.Rain threatened all day, but
did[...]bout 5-30 p.m. Our
Florrie was 14 years of age in the 9th of this month,& her
Mother gave her 4/-, & Jack gave her a box of ch[...]

To see the slaves believe the lies
' Of _e_v’ry fat impostor

iWl1'o grabs the land beneath ./ V

soles, . .
From the Equator to thethe economic chain

' " That binds hin1”<’-o'r.hi[...]idz

* slaves '

win labor t'ii1"’th¢y"ne.a;}_"then ‘
.-. " 1 .I;'

graves _

‘ In raiment rig:h"and_' scented, “ i’.

‘E ' ,Wh'o' ta‘k’e ‘their’ Qandcigarsi