AUCKLAND EMPLOYERS' FEDERATION.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14381, 26 November 1908, Page 7

AUCKLAND EMPLOYERS' FEDERATION.

LABOUR PARTY'S INFLUENCE* . (Pis Ukited Press Assooatiox.) ,' AUCKLAND, November : 25.': The annual meeting of the Auckland, Employers' Federation was held this ajter- „■ noohi' Mr Miller (vice-president) reported v : on the'proceedings of the confeijence of ■'■ employers at Wellington. He pointed out. \ that..'they had the Labour party opposed to them, and this party was led, by. men.' who were .working for their.own gain and v influence more than for the lasting good of'the people they Were supposed to re present, They were working on the ignor-i ance and credulity working man. He went on to contrast the energy dis- ; , ( played by the Labour party in the;l)b>' minion with that displayed by the Era* ployers' Associations, and said the latter /' were not doing enough. sEmployers' knew. . that the men were happier and worked _ moro pleasantly before there were ; ,aiiy,r labour unions in New Zealand. . .-,'.; •/ Mr Goldie referred to the substantial : majority gained at the election by the Hon,: , J. A. Millar, which, he said, 6liould.do much.to remove the fear that anybody whoi opposed the Labour party was to go down.'. On the other hand, Mr Rosser, of Au'c.k- ; land, who was able'to plunge'the whole ," country in commotion by waving a.'Wd! flajr, had lost his deposit. It showed that Labour was not • the power some peopl*. thought it was here. \ • ■'.