AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, 10 June 1919, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

} SOCIALISM v. BoLsHEvIsM_ , .______ [AN I§IXTRAORDT.I\’ARY PROPOS;\L_ . ___. I Received ]l.2£> a.m. A i SYDNEY, this day." i At the Labour Conference the istmngth of Extremists was tested on :a motion against the sooialistic objec~ itive portion of the proposed new iplank_ It was suggested, as an obIjective of the part:»’ that there she the lestablishment of a state social demoIcracy in which the entire means of |wc-alth and production be owned and !controlled by a community of work‘ers. This to be the sole issue at fut.iure elections_ The motion was deifeated by 127 to 112. Jinother farreaching Extremist nnotionflwas defeated by .113 to 109. The ‘proceedings closed amidst scenes of wild disorder. ADELAIDE, this day. The position caused by coal shortage [is serious. ' 1 The President of the Labour Counlcil, referring to Mr. Justice Higgin’s (comments on the’ seamen’s dispute, ‘supported his views and advised workers to support them_ He declared the policy of the Labour Party was against revolutionary methods. it PERTH, this day. The Labour Congress resolved that nationalisation of banking and insur-

ance be made the first -plank. in the Federal Parliamentary platform. _ ObituAary.——Sir Henry Briggs, -President of the Legislative Council, MELBOURNE, this day. There are no further prospects of strike setxtlement. There--Ire -£O,OOO 1-11-employed and great distress is pl'eva,l- - NEWCASTLE, this any. Arrived: Wanaka from New Zealand.