LABOUR & POLITICS.
A NEW PARTY AT AUCKLAND.^. [UWIBDPBBSBAaSOOUMOH,} ', AUCKLAND, -.Wedniesday. ; A circular has been, forwarded by Mr Arthur Rosser to. atl members of tho local trades unions stating that as a result of a. resolution': carried at, Mr Hogg's roebnt mooting in Auck-' land, ' considering it'^ advisable to form a' Labour Party -in- New Zealand politics, it "was deemed nccos- , sary to at once give effect to - the resolution, and to form a Council in Auckland^ of a strong Now Zealand Labour Party, having in- its platform as two m'aih''..plank's land re-,; (form and the currency- question. The. circular .goes on. to say that- .while, taking- in as members fill worki-rs who would subscribe, to, its. platform, it had been decided to .bui'd up now party from tho -trades unions, similar ; to . what had boon done by 'the Labour Party in Australia, and with this onff. :n view a meeting would ,. bo held shortly ' to formally institute ' the Auckland branch of tho party. A prominent".; Labour leador -informed a '/Herald - representative to-day' - that; T ,such'was r 'tho discontent in tho ' country' 1 against the present Government, "that the proposed new party should meet with instantaneous successTa^" the coming polls. The uationaiiation- .qf the lane: and a State Bank ndte;issuc would he th? two principal. planks in the Labour. ■ Party's: pl'atfdrm. Mr Hogg -was to stump the Dominion on heuaif of the new party, and he would be fol- ! lowed from time to,^timo by other ! organisers.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 29 July 1909, Page 1
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