THE CONFERENCES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, 1 February 1909, Page 3

THE CONFERENCES.

"A ■':.'•y':y. tLONDOIT,7 -Saturday. ~Y At the. Londonconference, at Mi ■'-'-'- Keir Hardfe?s7!in?tanee,: it was re- ' eolvedr that^heTExecutive ask . the labour socialist organisations of the Emjgire. if :tbey were in favour of an A11 L British 7 Laboury\Conference in 19"U>!7;tof consider matters of interest common to the working classes in all parts, the executive .-to proceed to - make arrangements if the replies ' "were in .the .affirmative. Mr' Hardie /dwelt upon the success of labour in the politicsvof the Commonwealth, and added: .^'Now that labour has com* 7into ite own^it- appears to us' desirable to got at: closer relationship with—om comrades; throughout. the Empire in all matters appertaining to the welfareof7the people.'' 7 A resolution to prevent members or candidates oi the labour party from :.- appearing -on- the same platform as members of tho capitalist" parties was largely negatived; It Jed to stormy altercations, between Messrs Ben Tillett and <Juekh on the one hand, and Messrs Ramsay Macdonald, Shackleton, and Henderson on the other. The .Conference, by r a small' majority,.resolved jiff avqur 'pt tie socialisation of means of; production and distribution; and pf-gth'eYComplete/ emancipation of labour fromTith'e domination of capitalism and landlordism. A large majority resolved infavour of- the abolition of -the • half-time system, raising - the. school7age7td 16,: and secular education: Y.The'Conferenc'e rejected by " a large-majority^State. maintenance of schooPchildren^bufc -agreed as to the necessity, of medical inspection, and compulsory feeding of school children. -, \,v** SYDNEY, Sunday. The Labonr Conference carried, a resolution* that all coloured aliens should be-deported'in 1920.