FEDERATION OF LABOUR

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17659, 24 June 1919, Page 5

FEDERATION OF LABOUR

. j THE PENDING CONFERENCE. INTERESTING REMITS FOR CONSIDERATION. (Pm United Panaa Association.) , . XT WELLINGTON, Juno 23. At the Now Zealand federation of Labour . Conforence, to be opened in Wellington on July 3, a number of interesting remits ivill be considered. t ,A from tho Auckland Carpenters' Union proposes the formation of a Workmen s and Soldiers' Council to deal with I tho problem of repatriation. The union is f of tho opinion that the Returned Soldiers' g Association would welcome the idea," thus i making it possible to form such councils. r • Ihe Auckland Coach Workers' Union r sends a remit as follows"That, in the event of the Labour Party being returned to power, all war loans be repudiated " Many amendments to the Shops ' and UHioes Act are ■ urged by the Wellington urocers Assistants' Union, which desir-ss a 44-hour week. Other remits deal with compulsory voting n.nrl the referendum, speculation m land, land nationalisation and Labour's attitude in the matter of defence e Cf the four Wellington delegates to the it conference, three selected are from what is e said to be the Moderate section—Messrs J it R l ad > M Keen and F. Cornwall. Th<» _ dclpgito selected was Mr Fraser, M.P. Under an amendment adopted at last conference tho scloction of delegate"; i s e limited to Labour Representation Commit--0 tecs. It is said that there were two tickets lQ > n tho fie, 1 " m the Wellington centre-one. nominated by what is regarded as the Ex *■ treme section, and the other by the ModerII atos. Tho new method of selection is not d generally approved. Remits aimed at a >s reversion to the old method of selecting candidates have been forwarded by the local Social Democrat Partv and tho XFnl lington North Labour Party. Ci "