TRADES and LABOUR COUNCIL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 36, 11 February 1904, Page 2

TRADES and LABOUR COUNCIL.

A special meeting of the Auc-kland Trades and Labour Council held last evening. and attended by fifteen members. '•Let Bygones lw Bygones."—A motion, of which Mr Black has'given notice. attacking tlie ex-president, fell through in tJie absence of rh" mover. A retaliatory motion. standiiiK i" the name of the ex-president, was then withdrawn, that gentleman expressing his intention of letting byirones be l.yjrones. au<l shaking hands in rh? interest of the '■(Hinril. Tin- Promer and* Ohinese Labour in the Transvaal. —On the motion of Mr Rosser. the following was placed on the order paper for future discussion: -'That in the opinion of this conference tho nest thanks of the Labour party are duo to the Premier for his enerzetic action protesting against the introduction of Chinese labour to the Transvaal: and that he be urged not to allow tho matter to drop." Registration of Trades Councils. — Mr Rosser gave notice of motion in favour of amending the Arbitration Act to allow the registration of Tra.les Councils. Lizht Railways. —Mr Rosser also gave notice of motion to urge the Government to open up rhe colony by means of uarrowgauge light railways, instead of the present slow costly flnes. Mensuration. —Mr Rosser gave notice of motion to discuss the Morgan block system of measuring timber. State Coal Miuss.—Mr Tyson gave notice of motion to urge the Government to acquire a State coal mine in the North. Preference to Unionists.—Mr Tyson also gave notice of motion in favour of amended legislation to compel preference of employment to be given to unionists. Compensation for Accidents.—Mr Tyson gave notice of motion in favour of amending the Workers' Compensation Act in the direction of Increasing the maximum compensation payable for death or totaJ incapacity from £300 to £COO. and also permitting the worker, as well as the employer, to ask th-e court to order that the compensation shall be paid in a lump sum. In j some remarks on the points Mr Tyson I quoted instances to show that the compen- ■■ sation which the injured workers obtained : under the Act was niuc-li less than was genj erally supposed, and much l«ss than was ! just. An Inquiry.—The Council, after considering- representations made by Mr Evans, decided to ask the City Council to nol'd a public inquiry into his dismissal.