LABOUR IN POLITICS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1034, 25 January 1911, Page 4

LABOUR IN POLITICS.

-a PREPARING FOR THE ELECTIONS; * (By Telcerapb.—Special Oorrespondent.l Auckland, January 24. states that the Labour paHy. iu Auckland intends putting forward a special eifort in connection with the local as well as.the Parliamentary elections this year. Tho secretary of the Auckland branch of tho New Zealand Labour Party (.Mr. T. Walsh), speaking to. a reporter this morning, said that organisation had been proceeding apaco in Auckland, and it was bclioved that ' tho party was now strong enough to return direct labour representatives at\ all tho coming elections. "We want to bo. in the same position inAuckland as arc the workers in, Wellington," said Mr. Walsh. "There the Labour party liavo been strong enough to return Labour representatives to all the local bodieSj as well as to the House of Representatives. At the municipal elections in April we purposo nominating at least three or four Labour candidates for tho : Auckland City Council, likewise in conncction'with the Harbour Board, Hospital Board, and other local bodies. We intend endeavouring to secure direct representation in. this connection. Different trades unions have been asked to submit'names of suitablo persons to the Auckland branch of tho Labour party, and the selected candidates will'be duly announced. The party intends putting up a big fight all through New Zealand at the general elections, and organising work is being quietly bjit thoroughly carried out in every quarter. It is probable that Labour candidates will contest all tho Auckland city and suburban seats, and we are confident of carrying tho Labour colours to victory in many electorates in the Dominion.",: