INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, 31 October 1921, Page 5

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE

France and agriodittieal question (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association GENEVA, Oct. 28. French delegates to the Labour Conference demand tliat- the. agncullural question can only be examined from a national viewpoint, not antornatiuoal. France declines to accept t}.(. conference’s decisions on the »«»- ' F ' L ■ LONDON. Oct. 29.

The Labour Conference, by 64 votes to 39, passed a. resolution in favour ol an eight-hour day for agricultural labourers, but being be,low the required two-thirds majority the item had to be withdrawn from the agenda. The Observer's Oeneva correspondent reports that supporters of the French objection to an agricultural eight-hour day included the Australian delegates; also the. employers’ and Government s delegates from Britain, Canada, and ,South Africa. The. conference after an exciting debate defeated by 90 votes to 17 France’s attempt to exclude agricultural labour from the scope of the "Washington unemployment resolution. Italian and British delegates intimated that the movement, aimed at securing a re discussion of the agricultural labourers hours of work. Bishop Frodsliain will ho' the preacher at the special service, ill tho English Church at Genova in connection with tho Labour Conference.