CHURCH AND LABOUR.
METHODIST RESOLUTION. ■ Dj Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright Adelaide, March 7. The Methodist Conference decided to' send greetings to employers and cm ploycos, praying thstt conditions mnking for conflict may lie vemoved, nml ftaisiig that the Methodist Church stands impartially for conciliation in industrial disputes, and for tho abolilion of child laliour under fourteen years. A proposal for tho Council of (.he Churches to exchange representatives with the Employers' Federation emt Trades and Labour Council, in order to produce a' better feeling, was strongly opposed, and withdrawn. . ,' \ • POVERTY AND UNREST.-.. (Rec. March 8, 0.25 a.m.) . . London, March' 7. Mr. Emmot, M.P., in speaking ;at 4 Congregalionaliht tlemonstrulioii' at Lancaster, declared Hint the rises in wages during the past (en years had been inadequate. Enormous numbers of people wero living in object poverty. The present social unrest was duo to (he peonle'r awakened conscience, which it was flu Church's duty to strengthen.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1384, 9 March 1912, Page 5
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151CHURCH AND LABOUR. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1384, 9 March 1912, Page 5
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