PROPOSED AFFILIATION TO THE LABOUR PARTY.
United Preta A«socution—By Electrio Telegraph— Copyright. LONDON, October 11. The Miners' Federation has resolved to take a ballot on the question of joining the Labour Representation Committee. [The Labour Representation Committee is the controlling organisation of the Independent Labour Party in Parliament. It levies a small rate on all members of affiliated societies, and pays 25 per cent, of the returning officers' expenses, of approved candidates, and i£i!oo a year to each member of the party in the House of Commons. Last year 231 societies were affiliated, with a total membership of 921,280.]
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12934, 14 October 1907, Page 7
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