LABOUR COUNCIL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 93, 21 April 1941, Page 4

LABOUR COUNCIL.

ELECTION INTEREST.

FEDERATION OFFICERS.

fV>,i-j(j,.ruble intercut is being taken in iiidiiMri.il Labour circles in Auckland in ihc election on Wednesday night of ofliccrs of (he District Council of the 1* I'dern f ion nf La hour.

Ml positions are being contested, and

Mi" sitting piesideni. M,-. |.\ (; Young, -ecrelar.v "t the l(o|e| ;ind l;<vl aurtuit Workers 1 nion, is being opposed liv Mr. <.. Mel' hew <, secretary of the Auckland I >;• i\ ef.-i" I nion. Mr. Young ha* been pie-iiteiit. since Ihe formation of the '"linen tour year- ago. following an amalgamation of llie Alliance of labour <i in I Trades' Council. I here are scleral candidate-; for the \ ice pre-ideney, which w ill not lie cou--1 ''-ted by the pre-ent holder of that ollice. Mr. \V. J. (,'uthbc.'i;, who is also president of the Labour Kcpresentation Committee.

Noting promises to be most sharply divided in connection with the secretarial pi»-t. The present secretary, Mr. >,". V. Douglas, will be seeking re-election. Secretary of the lirewcrs and Itubber Workers' t'nions, he has l>cen the district council secretary for the ]H»st two years. His opponent will be Mr. 11. S. Gallagher, secretary of the Auckland and Suburban Local Bodies Labourers' ['nion.