LABOUR REPRESENTATION COMMITTEE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 89, 8 January 1908, Page 10

LABOUR REPRESENTATION COMMITTEE.

f ( It is understood tiiat only formal busmesßwill be 1 discussed at to-night's meeting of. tho Labour Representation Committee. The basis of representation' is one for twenty-five-members of affiliated bodies, with a minimum of;-six delegates: Every Union and Labour, body has ; already sent delegates, with . tho oxception of. tho -Industrial Workers: of tho World, witn ■ whom .the 1 secretary -pro; tem. of tho .Committeo has not : had time to coramunicato..:Tho Representation Committee will meet fortnightly in the, Trades Hall, and. will -goMil.for-.acttvo propaganda work in anticipation of:tho forthcoming elections. AfDli-. ated bodies, who , aro not industrial. organiJa-. :tions, such as the PoliticaM-iabour Leaguo,- ; Industrial'-Workers tof > tho World, t and tho ( Socialist 1 ' Party, have-:' a_ Very-.- wido ■ constitu- • tion, and 'theComihitt.ee hope ■ that all tho workers of Wellington, who ■ have an interest in Labour representation in- the House of Parliamprit' .will/join >'oither of.'these bodies, and so have a -voice in : stating who shall be the selected; candidate to stand in their interests when election timo comes round. -Porofficers; of tho '.-.Representation. Committee will, in all; probability, not be elected until next meeting night,! in order to give any other Labour, society which is not yet affiliated afi»pico -in the selection of officers on .tho committee; 7