LABOUR POLITICS.
DANGER. OF SYNDICALISM
IMMIGRATION AND THE LAND. ■United Freats Anßocintioß—By El#ctrio Talegraph—Copyright. (Received April 23, 9.40 a.to.) MELBOURNE, April 23. Tho Eight Hours' Day was celebrated in tho usual way by a sports gathering The weather was fine. At the luncheon tho Hon G. I • Pcai ee, 1 ? ferring to the Labour policy, declared that the party was against immigration when there was no land to offer tho newcomer. It was now different. Ho was not sure that tho progressive land tax had done all ho had thought it would, but the Government was determined that tho land monopoly would bo removed. Dealing with the arbitration question, ho said that tho system had not yet had a fair trial. Ho uttered a Word of warning against a small section of tho trades unionists, who were striving after " syndicalism," which was a foolish and hysterical idea, and he appealed to tho workers not to let a small section attain to influence.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10442, 23 April 1912, Page 2
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