LABOURS PARLIAMENT
OPENING 0F THE CONGRESS. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, July 1. The United Labour Conference opened this morning. Mr. P. H. Hickey was elected secretary, and the Hon. J. Rigg chairman. ■ Soma four hundred members were present, and after formal business had been transacted, Mr. Rigg congratulated the assembly, which, he said, was the largest conference over held in Australasia. They represented over 50,000 workers, a fac/ which should make them keenly sensible of tho responsibility that rested on them. Ho could not believe such a conference could disperse without doing some good. They could agree on one thing, and that was that tho time had arrived when workers shall govern themselves. Too long had the workers sat at the feet of other parties and begged for benefits as favours, which they should take as a right. Tho report was taken as read. , A cablegram was received from tho Melbourne Trades Hall, wishing the congress success. .
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144133, 1 July 1913, Page 7
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157LABOURS PARLIAMENT Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144133, 1 July 1913, Page 7
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