LATEST HEWS LOOKING TO LABOUR.
GREAT TRAGEDY PENDING. MANY HUNDREDS STARVING. ATTACK ON LIVING STANDARD. United Press Assn.—tClec. Te!.—Copyright. (Received Feb. 18, 12.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, Feb. 18. Addressing the Australian Conference of Trades Unions, th© president, Mr Duggan, said they had met in a hush that foretold a great tragedy. A quarter of a million Australians wer6 on the verge of starvation, and many more were In danger of being crushed by the weight and power of machinery they had themselves oreated. Press, pulpit and courts denied the men a decent standard of living and had forced them to endure many tortures. They looked to Labour to regain for them their lost employment and standard living.
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Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18256, 18 February 1931, Page 7
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116LATEST HEWS LOOKING TO LABOUR. Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18256, 18 February 1931, Page 7
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