MILITANT LABOUR.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 481, 14 April 1909, Page 7

MILITANT LABOUR.

SINBWS OF WAR. A VACUUM IN THE I.UP. TREASURY. SHILLING LKVY. Int T);i.Ei;it«i'ii~i-i(KK.s As.sdn.MniN-rni'viuaiiT.) (Hoc. April 13, 0.112 p.m.) London, April 13. The Conference of the Independent Labour forty resolved to make a levy of ono shilling a member towards tlio election fund. Mr. Philip Snow Jen, M.P; for Blackburn, stated that each candidate cost £-100. A sum of £11,000 was needed to contest, the constituencies which it bad already been arranged to contest. At present the party was fuudless.

"AS A LAST RESORT." POWER TO PARALYSE INDUSTRY. TOM MANN'S CASE. (Rcc. April 13, 11.15 p.m.) Sydney, April 13. The Labour Congress, representing 100,000 workers, passed a resolution protesting against the change of venue from Broken Hill to- Albury in tho trial of Tom Mann, charged with rioting at Broken Hill. A deputation was appointed to wait on tho State Promier, Mr. '\Yadc. Mr. Bowling, a. delegate of tho Newcastle miners, who moved the resolution, indicated that if tho Premier did not do what they considered right, something elso would be dono. He said ho believed that tlio only power the workers had to-day was that, of paralysing industry. . He had not advocated that, but if other means failed they must try it as a last resort.