LABOUR WORLD.

Grey River Argus, 17 December 1928, Page 2

LABOUR WORLD.

WATERSIDE CONFERENCE. MELBOURNE, December 13. The Commonwealth Steamship Owners’ Association has been notified that the Waterside Workers’ Federation has accepted the ship-owners’ ‘offer of a conference on Tuc day next, to discuss the/employment of members o the Federation. WHITE MEN’S STANDARD OF LIVING. LONDON, Dec. 17. Mr Ben Tillett, discussi-ag the common tendency to buy goods exported from other countries said: “A few davs ago I saw dockers unloading curants and sultanas from the Levant. I know the living conditions and the wages pai l to the men and women who cultivate awl gath r them. I reflected that TAea by. ships were unloading similar fruits from Australia, where ihe standard of living is more in accord with, ib.-it for which wo are striving. and I could rot help fooling that I herein was :i moral for all of us Lab <)•!!• foil: and a seasonable moral too. I nnpmil to nr fellow countrymen for ]■•. id.av within the Empire.”