N.Z. Labour Party Holding Annual Delegates’ Conference
WELLINGTON, Last Night (P.A.) —Six hundred delegates, including 150 women, are attending the 33rd annual conference of the New Zealand Labour Party, which opened in the Town Hall at Wellington on Saturday. Mr. James Roberts, president of the party, is presiding. Delegates were welcomed by the president of the Wellington Labour Representation Committee, Mr. P. N. Holloway. A message of greeting was received from Mr. James Thorn, New Zealand High Commissioner in Canada and a former prominent official of the conference. The Prime Minister (Mr. Fraser) and Cabinet Ministers, and Mr. A. W. Crockery, president of the New Zealand Federation of Labour, were among those on the platform. The national secretary, Mr. A. J. McDonald, reported that there were now 670 branches of the party throughout New Zealand. The report of the executive was adonted by a unanimous vote and an address was 7iven by Mr. Roberts. Committees were anpointed to deal vith the remits which will come forward for discussion. The report of the Parliamentary Labour Party will be nresented by the Prime Minister, who will deliver a policy speech at tomorrow night’s session.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 23 May 1949, Page 4
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