BRITISH AFFAIRS

Southland Times, Issue 19258, 23 June 1921, Page 5

BRITISH AFFAIRS

THE COAL STRIKE WEAKNESS OF TRADE UNIONISM SPEECH BY MR HODGE. (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, June 21. Mr Hodges, addressing the Labour Conference at Brighton, said he believed the miners in fighting their own battles were helping the workers generally in what would be their subsequent battles, but the miners’ investigations indicated that the trade union movement for the most was unhappily a mere grouping of close corporations with only their own particular interests at heart, thus markedly increasing the tendency to failure of the Triple Alliance due to the internal structure of trade unionism. The present struggle could not continue indefinitely. The time must come when they would terminate the sacrifice and suffering. The leaders had taken a great responsibility on themselves rather than allow the huge mass of the population to go on until chaos and disaster reigned where now discipline, goodwill and solidarity prevailed. He added: “While we may have to bend to inevitable forces we will not rest content until we achieve politically what we have failed to achieve industrially.” FARROWS BANK FRAUDS. ALL ACCUSED FOUND GUILTY. LONDON, T. ne 21. (Received June 22, 11 20 pm.) In the Farrow’s bank case ail the defend ants were feund guilty. Farrow and Crotch were each sentenced to four years’ iniprisonmen:, and Hart to one year.