TIMBER WORKERS.
3 (MtESS ASSOCIATION TBUEORAM.) WELLINGTON. November I. Delegates representing the various s Timber Workers Unions or the Dominion i commenced their Conference .to-day. Mr f J Alsweiler, Southland, was elected t president, and Mr Tuffen, Otago, ccc- . rotary. The biggest question of moment, said the president in his openi ing address, was undoubtedly the mat* ~ ter of conserving and preserving the timber resources of New Zealand. Hβ . emphasised the importance of urging B the Government to do something in P this direction. The Conference offirmI ed the principle of federation of the timber workers, and agreed to recora- ' mend the sawmill unions to federate in one body. The Conference also affirmed the principle of unconditional statutory preference to unionists.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13569, 2 November 1909, Page 8
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