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Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14658, 27 January 1912, Page 5

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BRITISH FARM TENANTS. STATE LANDLORDISM RECOMMENDED. Press Association—By Teh—Copyright. LONDON, Jan. 25. The Agricultural Department Committee's report on tho position of tenant farmers recommends the establishment of a land hank, to make ad--vances to cuablo tenants to purchase i .-their holdings, and a scheme of State j purchased estates as a measure of pro- j toctiou against the tenants' 'dispossession. It also demands extended notices to tenants in the event of sale. THE LABOUR PARTY. BIRMINGHAM COXFEREXCE. Received 12.55 a.m., Jan. 27th. LONDON, Jan. 26. | The Birmingham Conforonco decided j to vote £OOOO per annum (to which j extent payment of members had relieved tho Labour party) towards the cost- of tho Labour newspaper. Resolutions were carried in favour of the right to strike; condemning the ' employment of the military in connec- | tion with strikes. Until tho Osborne i I judgment has been reversed, all trades ! j unions are advised to defy the law. I i PROPOSED LABOUR PAPERS. I I At tho Birmingham conference, Mr j Ramsay Macdonald announced that a | ; company was being formed with a capi- ' ; tal of £150,003 to establish dally; ; labour newspapers. Trade unions and ! : others have promised £60,000. \