STATE LABOUR CONGRESS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143808, 5 June 1912, Page 3

STATE LABOUR CONGRESS.

OPENED IN SYDNEY. fij Electric —Copyright SYDNEY, June.' 4. Tiio Slate Labour h:us opened . Air, D. AViuMiii. in ins pwvskloutiai iuiclress. said all unionists were tus- j jtii in;/, tor one gram! purpose —the ; ripiit of tlie worker to enjoy the iruiu* I oi Ins own labour. Advocating; Dio ( jt-dwaiion of labour he declared that l fie need to-day was to make strikes absolutely unnecessary. He trusted that they would cherish the idea that stiikcs. v>ere obsolete weapons. The experi- f eaee ot the strike should make ' them shudder at the thought ot what a i general strike would mean. He uuu- j eluded; "IJ our country is in the hands ■ i,:i the capitalist.' it is our duly to Iree it and pos-ess U as our own. i The Congress approved ol dt-cussiutt; tin. details of the special commh.siuirs report in favour ol the federation ot l.ihuur. united upon common interests. THE STRIKE PROBLEM. (Received June 5, 10.30 mm.) SYDNEY, June 5. The Labour emigres', turned down a proposal demanding the repeal of the h-ghhuiou v.hicli had taken away the right to strike and carried an amendment that pending the establishment of the proposed Federation of Labour the p:e„enl legislation he allowed to stand.