LABOUR CONFERENCES

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1050, 13 February 1911, Page 5

LABOUR CONFERENCES

•STATE COAL-MINES. PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES. S» !Tel«gr»ph-Pres« Association CoDy'rlghll '; : Sydney/ February 12. 'The Labour Conference,decided to 6end • 'deputation to ask the Minister for Mines to open up State coal-mines. .A motion in favour ( of a Usury,Bill, , limiting the interest on money lent] was carried" unanimously., 'It was decided that'no persons should _ , be eligible for selection as a Parliament, ary candidate unless, they havo been members of a labour league- or union for . three'years; also that' employers paying less than union wages should be disqualified as candidates.. PROPOSED FURNITURE FACTORY. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. (Rec.'February 12, 5,5 p.m.) Sydney, February 11. The Labour Conjcrenco negatived a motion' to the effect.that Labour members should contribute '.£lO annually to the funds of tho Labour League in their elec- . torates, also two and a half per cent, of , the moneys received by them as members ' of Commissions. carried a motion that , .the .Government establish a furniture factory for tho manufacture of furniture required for Government offices, also to supply wage-earners on the instalment plan. ', A motion* was carried affirming the desirableness of * abolishing capital punishment in favour, of perpetual impri«innicnr, the mover, contending that hang- , iig was no deterrent to crime.