DEMANDS OF LABOUR
- —— —— ■ ... ; TRADE BOARDS BILL. I READ A SECOND TIME IN COMMONS. " __— i MB. BALFOUE SYMPATHETIC. ' (IIY TBLBOHAPH—PIIEBS ASSOCIATION—CorritIOHT.j ' London, April 29. > In tho'Honso of Commons tho Trade Boards Bill was road a v second time, unopposod, but Mr. Lyttolton (formorly Unionist Colonial Secretary) considered that too. much latitude was allowed to tho. Board of Trade. Mr. Balfour, Leader of the Opposition, in a speech sympathising with tho object of tho measure, said it was impossible to refuso to consider tho element of foreign competition. BROKEN HILL. NEW CLAIM OF COMBINED UNIONS. Sydney, April'3o. ' A conference is being arranged between tho Proprietary Company (Broken Hill) and tho minora over tho men'B demand that only members of the combined .'unions shall bo employed. Tho management state ■ that mon will bo. selected whether they aro unionists or non--unionists. While tho company is determined to carry out to tho full. Mr. Justice Higgins's award, it would be idle to expect it'to submit to the now conditions, demanded.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 496, 1 May 1909, Page 5
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