TIMARU. April 25.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8167, 26 April 1895, Page 3

TIMARU. April 25.

The New Zealand Workers' Uuion Conference was opened at Temoka yesterdty Afternoon. Mr OBrien was elected •ecretary. Resolutions were pr.s?ed that the secretary should have a voico but no vote at the meetings ; that the ft' ton; ion of shearers be drawn to (he injustice done to " rousoabouts " through working overtime unless they are given a voico in the matter ; approving of the principle of old-ige penti in ; that it is inadvisable to admit Chinamen into the Union ; that New ZenUnd ■-hearers to Australia get their tickets endorsed by representatives at the sheds ; that this Union use every legitimate means to prevent shearers from going to AubUmlU should a sttike occur ; thit the expenses of delegates be 10s a day and second-oUs* f*ree. A motion to raise the subscription to 10s all round wu lost by the chairman's Cisting TOte being given in favor of an amendment that laborers' subscription be 59 and women's and boyV 2i 6d each. A motion that the Conference sit every two years iraa lost. At the Libor Conference at Temuka to-day the report on branch balance■hetti was adopted, important clauses being that to save expense^ the small branches be recommended to amalgamate wi'b the larger ones. The labor newspaper question was difcusaed, and it wn* resolved that the Executive take up L3O worth of shares. Members were requested to encourage the T.W.S. brand of shares. Mr Mercier gave a long report of his North Wand tour. The President said the rules being up in the shed, whether read or not, were equally binding. The Minister of Labor addressed the Conference in the afternoon. The next Cunferenco will be held in Oicoaru. >