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LABOUR IN-NEW SOUTH WALES
(From "The Post's" Representative.) SYDNEY, 10th'September.
It seems certain that Labour in New South Wales has determined to leave no stone unturned in its endeavour to secure success at the forthcoming General Election. Following close on reconciliation between the Australian Workers' Union and the Australian Labour Party comes the definite understanding between the Miners' Federation and the A.W.U.
For some years now the three powerful organisations have been more or less at loggerheads, and the miners and the A.W.U. at least have been outside the Labour machine. That meant that the machine was handicapped because it could never be sure that its actions were pleasing the great and powerful unions that were outside the fold. In fact, there is more than a suggestion that the funds of the A.W.U. were used on more than one occasion to defeat the official Labour candidates, so great was the ill-feeling in some districts. But most of all the machine wanted the "oil":—some of the funds held by the big unions. Sad to say, the miners are no longer wealthy, for the ill-fated strike meant a serious drain on their finances, and they have little money to spare now for polities or anything else for that matter. The A.W.U. is in a different position. It boasts thousands of members throughout Australia, and it has accumulated vast sums of money. Naturally the Australian Labour Party is hopeful of securing some of this to finance the campaign which will soon be in full swing. Labour has decided to contest evory seat in the State, and will need some assistance. With the A.W.U. .behind it, it hopes for greater success in the country, where the A.W.U. membership is particularly strong. If Labour continues to claim that the existing depression is artificial, or in other words part of the propaganda of capitalists with the intention of forcing down wages, it will have little hope of success, no matter what the funds at its command.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 72, 22 September 1930, Page 10
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332MORE UNITY Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 72, 22 September 1930, Page 10
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