LABOUR IN POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 3 April 1907, Page 3

LABOUR IN POLITICS.

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

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INDEPENDENT LAIIORITES' CONFERENCE. London, April I. At a demonstration at Derby pieced iiig the opening of the Independent Labor Conference, -Mr. Keir llardic, M.P., claimed thai his party was the only force making democracy possible ami bringing Socialism within reach. Oth.'i- speakers declared that ih» Right Urn. .1 burn- i I'residen! of the. Local Covcrumcnt Hoard I was now tinmasked. Instead of permeating the Liberal Party with Socialism, lie had become .'-anii-ated with Liberal cant.

At the independent Labor ('(inference, Mr. Kainsay .Macdonald. M.l'.. in his presidential address, rcfenir > to Lord llosebery's description of their programme as confiscation. ivgrett"d that a critic who represented the interests of landlord, and .U-wMi lintn.iers did not apply his maxims to his oui conscience and class.

FEMALE FRANCHISE RESOLUTION ADOPTED. Received 2nd. 111.11 l p.m. London. April 2. The Independent Labor Conference adopted a resolution in favor of enfranchising women.

TRADES AND LAIIOII CONFERENCE. Ter Press Association. Dimcdin, April 2. At (he Trades and Labor Conference a motion bv Mr. MeLariii. of Wellington, tc the "effect that remarks bv the. Atton.ey-Coiioral and the -Minister /.>;• Labor concerning Australian slaughtermen stirring up (he ..tiike. were 'quite uncalled for and were offensive and contemptible, provoked considerable discussion, and eventually carried by 15 to 4. An amendment to strike out the worls offensive and contemptible was lost bv 10 to !).

A clause regretting that the Government had not given labor better representation in the Legislative Council was witlubawn from the executive's report, the thief reason heing that, it was foolish to insert sueh a clause when the conference had repeatedly expressed itself against the continuance of the second Chamber.

At the meeting of the Trades and Labor Conference, resolutions to "re- | strict the importation of labor under contract'' was adopted, as against an amendment to "prohibit" such importation. It was resolved to recommend thai Inspectors of Awards be empowered to get au expert to assist where necessary. It was resolved that the State establish clotlioing and boot factories, (lour and woollen mills, butteries, ironworks, shipbuilding yards, and ruu its own coastal and shipping trade. It was agreed that the Government be asked to cancel the agreement with the company for the lease of the Parapara iron deposits, and that the State be asked to take control.