POLITICAL LABOUR LEAGUE

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 85, 3 January 1908, Page 6

POLITICAL LABOUR LEAGUE

A^OISY-GMHEJIiNG:

held an opeii-air- in":Mercer'.Street last ' eveuing.;,. Mr;. ■C; mß'-; Chapman;; ,wljb attended the rcccnt,"Labour. Conference - at Cliristohurch,;;in referring tp^thatjgathering, spoke of a proposal- at; ithe' Conference' that the State should provide work for . who desired'it,: : and said-that".this could be done by a - system -■ of State : 'nationalisation. Next came a denunciation:of.>the attitude of the Ward: Goycrnment- .t-owards the Labour party., It was a.'gqod thing the Government was showing its hand.','. ... :; .... Mr. Campbell,' organising secretary to .the League,,.-|ti:appd v tlio .grpjythf;of •Liliorjl-. Labour party. .'said' tha't'. in the last, fewyears it had degenerated',-and - declared, that .capitalists had found iri' a' medium tp .get into' tlie House.' The/'crowd by . this; time, had begun- to 'get : noisy,' r and ' 7 an- individual, became rery excited, at„ a • remarli concerning tho Hon.' Millah ■' Mr.- Campbell advised the individual ,to,. stand on . his head. Sir , Joseph Ward, he; vproceeded,'' was -no. Labour Minister; .or he'.would " : iieyer have ' accepted a title. ■ Interruptions continued, and a souffle occurred,,:and a' voicQ -n-as' then heard gladly acclaiming, .tliat someone had' " got it"; been hit wbiit excitedly; about,, drawing, half tlie' a!udien'ce :with;him;'v, ; The League -speaker's during' this time ':hadil. endeavoured: to ' get further hearing,''but ! 'only^a' : ffiall-'portion. of the audience remained: serious, and, after the taking-up of a'colliKstioh 'to 1 defray' expenses; they left.