Trades Council Conference.
(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, May 1, Mr Soddon, replying to a lYftdof Council deputation, said he did oot think there was any chance of amending the Workers' CoiupuMitioA Act so as to provide for (nil wage* being paid in the caw of accident. He was in favour ot tho minimum payment being £1 per week. It w«a the intention of the State to estab» j lish coal depots that would tie * check on existing monopolies. The question of a Sute-controlfcd ariao in the North Island would have (a be submitted to Parliament. lis did not think Parliament wouM ever agree to break the «xfallflg) land leases, lie agreed with the proposal that land should be nwumud at the owners' valuation plus per cent., and he believed Uic Una® would be amended in tltat dirocttau was not far distant when t&e law He oi'so agreed that tenants ought to be Riven the value of all improvements. As to on lucres se in land taxation and the reduction of taxation on the necessaries of Ufa he admitted that the present aamuafc of taxation rocelved front cusiofoa was out of prattortion to tho •» mount received from diroct i«»y s' Won, He believed the Legislative ' touncm should bo aboUshedlfe m not in favour of making ,Jt etacUm i i a revisory committee only tuvu. , 1 ted. Ihe Premier said bo was on. i; pw«l to the principle of tho eiocUva executive; if it was carriod out that would havu to do away with tha puwer and responsibility of iha Kings representative to whom sters were responsible. What ha hL, H Wover ' Wft " tb^t Mectio* uy tho House would brimr "ion and chaos. f
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7811, 2 May 1905, Page 2
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282Trades Council Conference. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7811, 2 May 1905, Page 2
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