ORANGE POLITICS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 484, 17 April 1909, Page 5

ORANGE POLITICS.

,-....• A FIGHTING PLATFORM. LODGES TO BECOME LEACUES. A PROPAGANDA. (dt veleoraph—press association—corvßiairr.) ;,, ... .Melbourne, April 16. f Tie session of tho Loyal Orange Grand : t Council of Australasia has closed. The , affiliation of the New Zealand Grand Lodgq . , was affirmed. A resolution was carried strongly protest . ing against tho King's declaration on. acces- , sion and coronation oath boing altered in any . way by tho British Parliament. : A comprehensivo political programmo was , adopted. It included tho followinc points :—' 1 An effeotivo subsidy to the British NoVy. ■ Adequate harbour and coast defence. Citizen eoldicry and univoreal trailing. * [ A fixed fiscal policy. [ Betterment of economic, social and , domestio conditions for all, wageearners. ' ' .„. ■•'-... t Total abolition of sweating. ,•..'.'■ . • An adequate living wago. 3 Co-operation of Labour and Capital in |- ■■ ' production and distribution. j Preferential trade within tho Empire. The creation of a representative oouncil 5 to deal with matters of Imperial x concern. ' B Tho General aime of tiie body are stated to be opposed to_ any form of socialism ' opposed to Christianity. Jt will opposo any action making for tho disintegration'of tho Empire, and will support the preservation of State rights and tho rigid exclusion from tho civil ndministrntion of all' denominational recognition and influence. Orange Lodges are to bo turned into s political leagues, on similar lines to those of a labour loaguos, and will undertake propa--0 ganda work and select Parliamentary candi--1 dates.