HUMANITARIAN LEGISLATION.
LABOR'S INFLUENCE IN POLITICS,
I*. JiESS ASSOCIATION. |
LONDON, March 4. Mr Keir Hardie, speaking at Hull, declared that but for the presence of Laborites in the House of Commons thene would have been no Bill for feeding hungry children in schools;, no Workmen's Comy.ensation Bill worth the paper it was written on, and the Trades Dispute- Bill would have been a half-heartod settlement. The Laborites would not countenance any relief from taxation until old age pensions were secured. They were preparing a "Right to Work" Bill, which would create an authority to find honest work at an honest wage fo every man and woman.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue 9309, 6 March 1907, Page 5
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106HUMANITARIAN LEGISLATION. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue 9309, 6 March 1907, Page 5
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