LABOUR CONFERENCE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 254, 20 July 1908, Page 2

LABOUR CONFERENCE.

IMPORTANT REMITS. The annual conference of the New, Zealand: Trades, and Labour Council will commence :at the Town Hall this morning. ; A largo number of delegates- will be present from all parts of the Dominion. Among the rcmita to be dealt the following (in addition to those published in' The Dominion'of May 27 .Conference ; take , into consideration the question.- of consolidating labour and giving effect to" previous ...Conference decisions.—(Wellington).. .. . ' That all goods manufactured in New Zealand. shall be.'branded "made m Now /oaland."—(Canterbury.) !That the • Government be urged -to appoint Labour representatives .011 ' Harbour Bbards, Charitable Aid Boards, Land Boards,; and all other institutions whore;'they havo the power of appointment.—(Southland.) ', That,the Government- be;.urged, to ; ,nitro : due? the single desks" into fall new. schools', arid to all additions to existing schools.— (Canterbury.) . That a uniform set .of-school boobs be provided by the Government free of. charge. -^-(Southland.) That this Conference considers that the tinie lias now-arrived-when the Government shall ' introduce' legislation this session iof Parliament to prevent the -'iritroductioir'of labour into the-Dominion under contract.— (Auckland.) That the Government be urged to amend the. Electoral Act making 'it for any candidato for Parliamentary ■ honours -to make ■ donations ivithin three months of. au election.—(Otago.)" • ■ ■ That the Conference;is; of opinion' that it is not .desirable to -subsidise any : shippiug company, and urge the Government to take the nocessary steps to carry .their ..oversea mails.—(Canterbury.) . ■ That the Government bo congratulated ou the introduction of the Tramways Amendment Act of 'last session, arid that the Premier be urged to re-introduce the measure this session and pass it into l*w. —(Auckland.) ■ - The Conference to pass a resolution affirming the citizens' right to employment at a living wage,—(Canterbury.) ; That the Government, be urged to so amond the Municipal Corporation Act t-o provido that the- duties of a borough or suburban building inspector shall include 1 the issuing of certificates showing the class of material a building, is composed of, tho said certificate 1 to bo'filed "in the Borough Council's office for inspection—(Auckland.) ' ;■ ■•.! ' That this Conference reraffirm tho principle of rating on unimproved value, also re-' affirm the rosolution passed at tho 1905 Conference, .viz. '. That the Workers' Compensation for Accidents Act shall' provide' that where a worker by'reason'of injury is per-; manently incapacitated from following • his •' own trade or occupation; lie- shall be en- ' titled to draw the full amount allowed by ; the Act, and ( that in such cases the name '■ of-the . trade or "calling in whioh the:- worker was injured be specified.—(Auckland.)