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    • A NEW TRADES' UNION.
    • AN ELEGANT EXTRACT.
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      266 The Tomahawk, . [November 9, 1867.

      266 THE TOMAHAWK , . [ November 9 , 1867 .

      A New Trades' Union.

      A NEW TRADES' UNION .

      That It We Is With Make Much Known Conce...

      that It we is with make much known concern the existence for the Government of a secret of society this country which tions may , , and unchecked render , the shake mi the ghty official powers world of red to tape its very and sealing founda- - has wax fallen but idle into traditions our hands of , and the we past feel . The bound following to publish document it : — To the Jttnior Members of the Civil Service . efforts to obtain

      ever Fell slig ow ht , at Slaves the hands , —Our of that bloated and tyrannical any justice oligarch , now y - app which lications professes for an to advance control of the pay proportionate public purse , to our the repeated decrease refusal most the in the prices exasperating value , or of by of all a money concession necessaries procrastination , and so the of small life increase , and , as having to finall be in y almost been House by contemptuous met worse Rent by , than and the combination a refusal , we and have united no course action left to obtain open to that us b , but means by resolute of com-¦ nnlsion which , is denied to our , rjetition . Seeine y also the exeat

      have success combined with which together those for emp the loyed purpose in trades of obtaining and manufactures their just ri ment ghts which and protecting they have their received interests from , and the Government seeing the encourage in such a - course Central , , we Committee , the undersi for the gned purpose , have formed of organizing ourselves a " CIVIL into a yourself or SERVI the Custom CE forthwith LEAGUE House , either , " where in at which Somerset sub you -committees House are all , the will invited Post sit to for Office enrol the , wish purpose to become of receiving members the , names of the League and subscri . As soon ptions as the of all number who

      will instructions of members commence which enrolled ; and have shall you been are be entreated deemed drawn up sufficient to by observe the , present united the following action committee : — yield 1 . It will licit be obedience the duty to of the every orders member of the of superior the League officers to , who will be elected by ballot , and will hold their office for two years Central 2 . On . Committee the juniors to of strike any , they Office will receiving at once do orders so without from any the

      to delay the , or heads without of that intimating Office . their intention directly , or indirectly , carefull entering 3 . It y will to it guard be who the that duty Office be of all suspected , members and to take of of seeking notice any Office of emp any on loyment person strike , there . term 4 . s No whatever member without shall be the allowed consent to of return the Central to work Committee , on any . Office 5 . Should whose regular any , temporary clerks are assistance on strike , be those called accepting in by such any due temporary warning employment has been given shall them , if , they be held persist to have in working incurred after the displeasure of the League . f \ All ixa iiir ^ irv ve hi in omr ksj r \ f ¦* ijaw ¦!¦»/» wiiTVli uuuiiv / - » uu r \ fGwv f * i *> c j V (* fn cinsr f / " \ Iftitl fTlrt

      incurred League vs . ^ , juiiii after the disp due xa leasure . warning n ^ z v of . has the been League given . , shall * w * vikj be held ^ uu to have v ** w and 7 . in It extreme shall be case the - duty s , to injure of every any member person or to persons annoy , persecute who shall , paper be work 8 held . It any , upset shall to non have be the -Leaguer the incurred ink duty , and or of the refractory in members disp every leasure member oth to er sp of lit way the of the League to the pens hinder League , . blot from . shall 9 . When have incurred the head of disp any leasure Office , or of the gh League official , it any shall sort be , the bring dut y of all members right sense to of treat his faults him in , either such by a concealing manner as or to

      may uusiruyjjjg wish an to puuiiw refer ; uuuuuiciiis or by defacing iu vvjiiuii his spelling uxiil , icu 111 dictionary ijucsiiuii , of Murray which ' s he grammar may be , possessed and all other ; or aids in extreme to official cases composition , by reading to of him which , in he a solitary shall have place been , all the the author official , and letters requesting and documents him , at ways the pain and means death , to to obstruct parse every him sentence in the performance j and by all of other his official tasks . ofnces 10 . If where any of the the rate clerks of in those much commonl hiherand y-called the swell- - , pay g , promo

      tion Public more Service rapid is done than in shall those refuse where to subscribe the real to labour the funds of the of the League such sums , as the Central Committee shall think fair The , the umbrellas following of treatment the parties is advised in question : — shall be broken and maimed ceptances spattered in with shall every be mud way boug on . ht every Their up , and favourable boots payment and occasion clothes thereof shall . enforced Their be . be ac- - ing In and parties case down of shall the Piccadill ab be ove forced measures in to the ride proving middle on the ton ineffectual of the of Season some , the omnibu and offen d s - , shake up hands with the driver y , and conductor at stated intervals , . 11 . Should the officials of the Civil Service Commission mittee attempt cancies , the caused to examiners examine by any any and strike candidates their authorized underlings professing by the shall to Central be supp captured ly Com va- - singly , and confined in a room , without any Encyclopaedia , Dicother tionary compendium of Dates , Pinnock of their ' knowledge s Catechism , and , Latin made Grammar to answer , all or establishment questions which of hav their e offensive ever been office proposed . by them since the It is calculated that the effect of these measures will be either to obtain reluctant consent to demandto inflict

      on the hi a her officials such an our amount just of s , or and severe labour , as g shall induce them to reflect that a worry man who devotes pects the twenty at the best end years of that of time his life a salary to his rather country more ' s service handsome , exthan the perquisites of my lord ' s butler . Perhaps they may tinguished also perceive the junior "t the members scrupulous of honesty the Civil which Service has so may long not be - fliction proof against of petty a contumelies continued sense and insults of gross by injustice men who , and are the jobbed inturally into those have hig looked h places forward , which to the as hard the -working possible clerk goal mi of ght his na in- - dustry and ambition . ( Signed )

      the We Lords give of this the pernicious Treasury will docum thank ent , us in \ its perhap entirety s they . won Perhap ' t .

      Song. (Dedicated Tell To Me The What Aut...

      SONG . ( DEDICATED Tell me what AUTHOR is Fancy Bread " GERMAN YEAST . " ) Is it alumor white lead ? , How begot l , , how l fashioned . ? With It is engendered glazing y , Rep fed y from ; the old eater bones moans , 'Neath Bread its weig of Fancy ht his , stomach hear thy groans knell j Sounded Ding by the dong Muffin Bell -Bell . ;

      An Elegant Extract.

      AN ELEGANT EXTRACT .

      Flung Our A Little Poor More Old Friend ...

      flung Our a little poor more old friend of his " native Jacques mud , " the at us " Censor last week " . He Star has , we rather must embarrassed descend to us Billingsgate . To meet . him Let with us , however his own , weapons make an , evidentl attempt to to treat advertise him as he writings has , treated and believes us . He ( we wants suppose us that he has paid us in . advance for our puff , by " thanking Providence Eh bien that not we to are be about outdone to enlarge in generosity ourselves , we . " take up our pen once more , to answer him . but to answer him ( in soite of what

      our he may hand hereafter at Billingsgat write about e : — us ) for the last time . We will try He calls us We call him A A liar literary , toadstool , A An naug illiterate hty story truffle teller . . A rat , A sad dog . Weak A skunk and , scurrilous , A Elegant perfumed and poet powerful . . An Poison emetic , . A Milk soothing and water syrup . . There—we thought so , our friend has got the best of it .

      The Worst Occupation For An Idle Soldier...

      The Worst Occupation for an Idle Soldier . —Rome .

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Nov. 9, 1867, page 266, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_09111867/page/2/