LABOR CONFERENCE.
.* •«•»- THE QUESTION OF PENALTIES. (Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright.) (Received Feb. 5, 8.30 a.m.) , , SYDNEY. February 5. A resolution carried by the Labor Conference on Monday, m favor of the" abolition of the penal clauses of the Arbitration Act, did not meet with the approval of a strong section of delegates. The opinion w r as freely expressed, that itmeant knocking the bottom out of arbitration. Mr Stuart Robinson last/ night secured tho recommittal of the 'motion, and moved an amended' resolution, that there be no penalties m, industrial arbitration except for lock-outs and strikes. This was . cWried by 101 to 15, and incorporated m the : platform m lieu of Monday's resolution. ' ' Resolutions were adopted m favor -of the appointment of female factory inspectors, and emphatically opposing compulsory vaccination.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13297, 5 February 1914, Page 3
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