LABOUR MATTERS

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16546, 11 June 1919, Page 7

LABOUR MATTERS

SYDNEY CONFERENCE. (By Cable.—Press Asaociatiir.. —Copyright.) ll (Australian and X.Z. Cable Association.) v SYDNEY. Juno 10.. f At the Labour Conference the strength, of the extremists was tested on a motion aiming at a socialistic objective. A portion of the proposed new plank suggested, ns an objective of the party, the establishment of a state of social f democracy in which tlio entiro moans I* of wealth production should bo owned ] and controlled by tho community of • workers, this to be tho solo issue at : futuro elections. Tho motion was de- 1 feated by 12" votes to 112. i Another far-reaching extremist mo- > tion was also defeated bv 213 votos to < 109. « The proceedings closed amidst scenes < of wild disorder. i BANKING AND INSURANCE. "PERTH, Juno 10. Tho Labour Congress resolved that tho nationalisation of banking and insurance bo made the first plank in tho ; Federal Parliamentary platform. SEAMEN'S DISPUTE. MELBOURNE. June 10. There arts no further prospects of a settlement of tho strike. There aro now unemployed, and groat distress is prevalent. ARBITRATION UPHELD. •ADELAIDE. Juno 10. The position caused by tho coal shortage is serious. Tho president rf the Labour Council. referring to Mr Justice Higgins's comments on t tho seamen's dispute, supported his views, and advised the workers to support, them. He declared that they represented tho policy of tho Labour Party, which was against revolutionary methods. TELEGRAPHISTS' STRIKE. WASHINGTON, June fl. The Un'ted States telegraphists, numbering 70,000, have called a genoral strike.