LABOUR DIVISION.
\ v : iTHE "OLD GANG." TOO SLOW FOR YOUNG MR. CRAYSON. .. ■:. LIBERALISM DESPISED. (BY TELECIUPH—PBESS ASSOCIATION—COPTBIGHT.) V ~ .•. ' . London, April 15. ■:. Mr. Arthur Henderson, chairman of tlio Labour Parliamentary Party, states that ho : is determined to enforce, discipline in tho , party. Since 'Mr.! Grayson's . election he declares a collision has been inevitable. . ;■ Mr. Graysou, on being interviewed, contrasted the old gang of tho Labour Party I with the advance guard. He said he was sick , of toadying ,tp tho Liberal, party.' [The conflict between tho Parliamentary" Labour Party and Mr. Grayson, whose guerilla tactics in the House of Commons havo embarrassed the Party, has already been described. The Parliamentary Labour Party, while preserving their independence, will accept what- . ever concession they can drag out of the Liberal Government. Mr. Grayson, on the other hand, ' will havo nothing of Liberalism. The Conference of the Independent Labour Party recently ) passed a resolution of semi-sympathy with Mr. Grayson, suggesting that the Administrative s . Council should endeavour to come to terms i with Mr. Grayson, Mr. Blatchford, and other "irreconcilables" who obect to the Council's desire to work with the Liberals. As a result, ' Messrs. Kcir-Hardie, Ramsay Macdonald, Philip Snowden, M.P.'s, and Glasier rcsigne-l from membership of 'he Administrative Council, considering tho resolution tantamount to a.vote i of censure.upon them.! ~ industrial disputes act. 1 labour council and the wages boards; Sydney, April 16. After a'stormy mooting, Mr. Thycr, president of tho Labour Council, resigned his position, owing to tho carrying of a resolution to tho effect that it was inconsistent for Iho ' president to accept a seat on a Wages Board 5 under tho New South .Wales Industrial Dis- , putea Act. ' Tho Council had previously condomnod tho Act. t A resolution was adopted by the Council • in favour of limiting a week's work to forty- ; four hours. ' ■'■ \
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 484, 17 April 1909, Page 5
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303LABOUR DIVISION. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 484, 17 April 1909, Page 5
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