TRADE UNION CONGRESS
FAILURE OF RUSSIAN MISSION. DISAPPOINTMENT EXPRESSED. Pres* Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, September 10. (Received September 11, al 8 p.m.) The Trade Union Congress passed a resolution expressing disappointment that the Russian textile machinery delegation had failed to place the bulk of its order owing to tho British banks refusing credit facilities, and urging the Government to strive to secure the orders and also to extend the Trade Facilities Act to Russia. A resolution was carried demanding that tho Government should exempt troops from participation in industrial disputes. —Sydney Sun Cable. OTHER RESOLUTIONS. LONDON, September 10. The Trade Union Congress resolved that workmen’s compensation should not be less than two-thirds of the average earnings. The congress instructed the General Council to adopt Esperanto as the official international language.—Sydney Sun Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19583, 12 September 1925, Page 12
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