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[3Y TELEGRAPH—PER PRESS ASSOCIATION] LABOUR REPORT. SYDNEY, Jan. IS) The annual report of the Labour Council stales the workers carried out a number of determined struggles for slight improvements in conditions, but to-day they were confronted by a position that to maintain those conditions they will have to light hard. The first offensive launched by capitalists routed the ranks of the workers, giving them back to longer hours and reduced wages. The report deplores the fact that during the year.three big unions withdrew from Hie Council and no new unions joined. A SYDNEY FIRE. SYDNEY, Jan. 15) A tire in a building owned by the City Council occupied by a number of linns caused damage estimated at fIO.OOn. POLITICAL. MELBOURNE, Jan. 15) A discussion at the Conference of Nationalists and Country Party centred upon certain differences in the pslieies of the two parties and deforms which are being urged by the Countiy Party. Although no agreement was arrived at. it is exp.eted finality will he readied to-day. Mr Hughes’ statement to tie conference that he would stand down, is conditional upon a [>oliev mutually acceptable to the two parties being evolved.
COUNTRY PARTY SCoRV
MELBOURNE. .Dunary ‘2O The political conference hod further lengthy discussions to-day. A deadlock appeared certain owing to Nationalists insisting upon a Coalition. Mr Earle Page (leader of the Country Party) was leaving the room to catch a train which w'ould have meant breaking the conference, when the Nationalists surrendered and agreed to the Country Party’s'demand for a working agreement. There is every chance when the conference reassembles on Tuesday that the Country Party will get what it wants. This means that the Nationalists will remain in power, with the support of the Country Party. The latter made it plain that their demands include Mr Hughes - retirement from the Prime Ministership and he will hold no portfolio in the next Government: also that Countrvites are not seeking portfolios.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 January 1923, Page 2
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