THE ENGLISH LIBERALS
SPEECH BY MR ASQUITH.
TRADE UNION LEGISLATION.
United Press Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copyright. (Received February Bth, 4.40 p.m.) LONDON, February 7. Mr Asquitih and Mr B. R. Wise, AttorneyGeneral of New South Wales, were gueste of the Eighty Club.
Lord Tweedmouth urged the Liberals to make greater concessions to the iLebour wing. Mr Aequitih jnnde out an overwhelming case for the Legislature re-defining and codifying the law in regard to combination. There was no prospect of Parliament Betting aside the Taff Vale decision. The workmen's real difficulty lay in tie application of the laws dealing with agency and conspiracy to trades unions. He suggested the maintenance of free power of combination, drawing o, clear line of demarcation between legitimate pressure and every form of violence and incitement. The same rule must apply to combinations, both of employers andt>f employed.
Mr Wee defended and explained the recent industrial -legislation in New South Wales. '
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11503, 9 February 1903, Page 5
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