POLITICAL LABOUR LEAGUE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2428, 6 April 1915, Page 6

POLITICAL LABOUR LEAGUE

THE AUSTRALIAN CONFERENCE. (Rec. April 5, 8.20 p.m.) Melbourne, April 5. At the annual conference of the Political Labour League, the council adopted resolutions in favour of: (a) No contribution to the insurance against unemployment—premium to be a charge upon the industry; (b) the compulsory school attendance of all children till their sixteenth birthday; (c) a new platform in the plank of the league providing for the regulation of the prices of foodstuffs at any time. THE TOTALISATOR. MR,. HOLMAN'S VIEWS. (Rec. April 6, 0.50 a.m.) Sydney, April 5. The Labour Conference discussed the problem of the totalisator. . Mr. Holman (State Premier) appealed to the delegates not to make this a plank in the party platform. He. was opposed to the totalisator, but was prepared to allow a measure to be passed by Parliament giving race-goers, the opportunity of declaring the style of wagering they favoured. He objected to it being made the crowning triumph of the Labour* movement. They snould not teach the world the spirit of chance, but the - spirit of justice, and that what a man earned should be dependent on his own action and energy. Gambling was the enemy of society, and should not be encouraged, but rather put down.

The Conference resolved that any alteration in the system of • betting should be by a nationalised totalisator system,-, owned and controlled by the State. ' .

LATE SPORTING RACING IN WEST AUSTRALIA. (Rec. April 6j 0.10 • a.m.) Perth, April ,5. Following is the result of the raoe for the Sires' Produce Stakes:— . Walkin, lj Queen Amyl, 2; Pilottes, 3. Six started. Won by two lengths. Time, lmin. 29 3-ssec. St. Leger.—Tom, 1; Casco Smbroglio, 2; Crystabel 3. Seven started. • Won by five lengths. Time, 3min, 32} sec. Adelaide, April 5. Onkaparinga Cup.—Devon, 1;- Jarwan, 2; Abof, 3. Fourteen started. Won by two lengths. Time, 2min. 21isec. CABLED NEWS IN BRIEF SMALLPOX ON,A P. AND 0. LINER. Sydney, April 5. The P. and 0. Bteanor Morea, which reported a oase of smallpox on board when • she arrived at Fremantle last week, has arrived and been quarantined. No fresh cases of smallpox have been reported aboard. WEST AUSTRALIAN TIMBER MILLS CLOSEDOWN. Perth, April 5. Owing to a shortage in orders, five timber mills belonging to the Millar Timber Trading Company are closing down, throwing a thousand men idle. BAD YEAR FOR WEST AUSTRA- - LIAN RAILWAYS. Perth, April 5. The loss in railway and harbour revenue for the year was' £148,000. • ROYAL COLONIAL INSTITUTE. London, April 4. The report of the lloyal Colonial Institute snows the membership to be 10,126, an increase of over 50 per cent, in four years. RECORD HTGH JUMP AT SYDNEY ROYAL SHOW. (Reo. April 5, 10.20 p.m.) Sydney, April 5. At the Royal Show, Mrs. Stace, on Emurlains, and Miss Smith on Bandolier cleared 6 feet 6 inches, the world's record for the ladies' high jumTS