UNITY PLATFORM
RESOLUTIONS BY A TRADES AND
LABOUR COUNCIL.
(II TMORAPH.—FBESS ASSOCIATION.)
DUNEDIN, 20th January.
A meeting of the Ota-go Trades and Labour Council to-night carried the folowing resolutions : — "That the unions be strongly recommended not to give any support to the resolution that the Unity Platform is submitting, unless the following' words be deleted, 'and undertake absolutely to support the National Government in any steps it decides towards victory.' " " That this council affirms its unqualified faith in the righteousness of Britain's attitude and entry into the present war, and resolves : " (1) That the voluntary system of enlistment is more in harmony with British history, and British instincts than any form of conscription. "(2) That in order to obviate the evils associated with conscription more adequate remuneration and fuller recompense should be given to our volunteer soldiers and their dependents.
" (3) That if any form of conscription is to be tolerated it must be in practice and essence national service. "(4) That such national service should be translated by legislation into equal sacrifice on the part of all citizens.
,"(5) That to achieve this end the wealth of all citizens should, according to ability to pay, be conscripted in similar ratio to that of the manhood of the country."
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 17, 21 January 1916, Page 4
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209UNITY PLATFORM Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 17, 21 January 1916, Page 4
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