LABOUR & WAR
THE CONSCRIPTION QUESTION CONFERENCE TO-DAY A conference to discuss the question of conscription will be opened in Wellington to-day. 3 The conference is convened by the Federation of Labour. Among ilie bodies of workers which it is stated will be represented are the following'W ollinprtoji Boilermakers, Christchurch Moulders, Auckland Painters, Wellington , Furniture Workers, Wellington Branch of the Social Democratic Party, New Zealand Miners Federation, lliuianga Miners, Wellington Plumbers and Gasfitters, Wellington Motor-car Drivers, and Livery Stable employees, Millerton Miners, Auckland Bricklayers, Auckland Carpenters, Napier Carpenters, Hawke's Bay Trades Council, Wellington Engineers, Wanganui Slaughtermen, Wellington Grocers, Ohinenvuri Miners, Christchurch. Tailoresses, Christchurch Tailors, Taranaki Bootmakers, Auckland Goneral Labourers, Auckland Fish Curers, Denniston Miners, Wellington Metal Workers, Christchurch Tramways, Auckland Bakers, Wellington Dairy Workers, Christchurch Grocers, Christchurch Engineers, Christchurch Drapers, Canterbury Drivers, Canterbury Timber Workors, Christchurch Furniture Workers, and .Canterbury General Labourers. Quito a number of unions are reported to have sent letters expressing opposition to conscription, but stating their inability (through lack of funds) to send a delegate. According to the official organ of the Federation the Clirisfcchureh Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners has written as follows: "That as this ufiion is not a political body it does not sea its way to take any action re the proposed conference on conscription."
Mr. E. J. Cass, secretary of the Gisbonse Watersiders, states that tho following resolution was carried by the union: "That in the opinion of this meeting of waterside workers, conscription is the only fair and satisfactory method of raising and maintaining an efficient army." The Wellington Labourers' Union considers that New Zealand should not deal with the matter of conscription until tho matter has been determined by tho Parliament in Great Britain. This union will not be represented at the conference. The Labour Council is of opinion that the conference is a waste of money, and does not want any organiser sent to Dunedin. The Wellington Building Trades Labourers' Union decided not to be represented, as it "was of opinion-that it is not necessary to have a large conference to get the opinion of Labour on conscription._ It is rv well-known fact that organised Labour is against the proposal to introduce conscription in any hbapo or form." The Mosgiel Woollen Mills Employees' Union is against tho conference, and thinks it a waste of money and a means of dividing Labour.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2677, 25 January 1916, Page 7
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393LABOUR & WAR Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2677, 25 January 1916, Page 7
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