TRADES CONFERENCE

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4330, 13 April 1901, Page 5

TRADES CONFERENCE

PRESS ASSOCIATION. DUNEDIN, Ajml 12. The Trades and Labour Conference to-day carried resolutions against tbo issue of totalisator permits on Labour Day, declaring that Labour Day should be a compulsory holiday, and that Government should pay all its employees ordinary wages on that day._ The conference aflirm-Gdi tlio undesirability- or New Zealand joining the Commonwealth. . . . „ Resolutions were carried m favour oi urging the Government to build workmen’s houseja (in elds a proximity to cities and towns, and to grant every facility to* and fropi by train, tram or boat; that all tradesmen taking orders 1 for tailoring be compelled to employ tailors or tailoresses, such work to be done in workshops belonging to the firm taking snob orders; that the Municipal Councils of the colony bo urged to press forward the work of municipalising such public conveniences as trams, gas, '.eldctrio lighting, baths, lecture Vmils ad places of _ amusement that the Government appoint inspectors of scaffolding so as to ensure the safety of the life and limb of workmen engaged in thie construction of new buildings; that the Minister for Rail ways he urged to equalise the haulage rates of minerals on the! railways; that the _ Government be urged to compel all mine owners to erect fans for the purposes of ventilating mines: that the Government he asked to bring into operation the Workers’ Compensation for Accidents Bill; that the various Trades ami Labour Councils be requested to endeavour to organise agricultural labourers throughout tliei country districts of the polony-: th"+. it be a recommendation that jeach Trades Council forward not more than six items for the order paper; that Mr Hornsby. M.H.R., be requested to introduce his Bill to prevent women heir" emnloved in unhealthy orctmations. Tli© latter, it was explained, had special reference to linotypes and match factories. Votes of thanks were passed to the Dunedin Trades Council and to those whoi had entertained the delegates, and to the Government for passing last session a number of Acts enumerated. It was resolved that the ' conference urge the Minister of Mines to give effect to suggested amendments in the Mining Act next session. It was decided to hold the next conference at Auckland.