IN AUSTRALIA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17283, 26 September 1916, Page 8

IN AUSTRALIA.

CONSCRIPTION ISSUE THE OPPOSITION CAMPAIGN. By Telegraph-Preis Association-Copyright. SYDNEY. September 25. At an anti-conscription meeting Mr Finlavson said the: representatives intended to force every, member of the caucus to take sides openly on the conscription issue, .and if necessary to form a new party. ATTITUDE "OF UNIONISTS. MELBOURNE, September 25. The Wharf Labourers' Union has demanded the resignation of Mr Hughes from the of the Waterside Workers' Federation . , The Trades Union Congress carried a motion calling upon the workers of Australia to bold simultaneous mass meetings on tho day the proclamation is issued calling up the home forces, to decide unon future action. , . The executive of the Australian Workers' Union has suspended Mr Spence, a member of the federal Parliament, from the presidency of the union owing to his attitude in supporting conscription. '■ ■