LABOR COUNCIL'S RESOLUTIONS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8145, 30 June 1906, Page 3

LA BOR COUNCIL'S RESOLUTIONS.

MB PBBSS ASSOCIATION, PHHr Ddnedix, June 29. HKf At a meeting of the Otago Trades and Labor Council, it was decided t< [X|pUce a comprehensive minute on the |Hpjooks complimentary of tho work o! 18* the Bight Hon. Mr Seddon. A reso|p,Tntion was passed protesting against the influx of Chinese and Asiatics,-and for a "White New Zei!p|liuulu" It Was decided to convey ar ■Expression of sympathy to the family the late Hon. D. Pinkerton. It waBBBilso resolved to express disapproval ol action' of certain Unionists in H;. Ohristchurch and' other centres in |£- forming a New Zealand Workers' Hl'' Political Association in opposition tc |P the Independent Political Labor Leafflfcx.' goe, deeming such action at once dis Ml loyal and in opposition to the best mffig ,-teryts of the colony. Ka* „ _ The following was also passed: "The SZL "notice-of this Council having been c£r .drawn to> the intention of the Nc«

;>=33sealand Employers' Federation tt ■I Tiring under the notice of the Premiei HLand Parliament a private letter written Mr Tregear orer twelve month? piJPigo, and recently published, steps be £.'■ taken to prevent an injustice being f *->*me Mr Tregear. The Council afi, ,Stw» that Mr Tregear should be judged *?, ",by his administration extending over ' * many years, and not by his private 'i, views and sentiments expressed in a H private letter. The Council has not al " all times aareed with the decisions ol the Secretary of Labour, but expresses its belief that Mr Tregear has endeavoured to hold the balance fiirly bell tween labour and capital. The Coudoil is also of opinion th*t an attempt is Hraoir being made to wipe off imagined grievances which some employers fee) owe the Secretary for Labour, and that this private letter is sought to be H made the. medium through which to K strike Mr Tregear; and that the Conn. r oil further expresses the opinion that if he were punished for writing a private letter to a friend, it would ie un-British and degrading to the ■colony's self-respect, and in conclusion, '• urge lovers of fair play to protest v against this attempt to injure a faitliful and loyal public official." Other Councils are to be asked to pass o '■\jr' iimtlar motion.