LABOR IN CONFERENCE.
■*& . OLD AUK PENSIONS. By Telegraph.— Press Association. Wellington, Friday. Hie Trades and Labor Coul'erenee decided to recommend Unit old u"c pensions should lie increased to 12s lid per week, and that all persons rendered incapable of earning their Jiving cither by accident, sickness, or natural infirmities should he entitled to pensions rev gardless of thfagc limit. ■
SOCIALISM ADVOCATED. Wellington, L; lst Kis | lt _ The Trades and Labor Conference today considered the following remits:—' From Southland: "That the (lovernment be urged to nationalise the following industries of the Dominion— Siuvmilliug, ironworks, boot factories bakeries, clothing factories, and banking." From Otago: "That the Government be urged to establish clothing and boot factories, flour and woollen, mills, bakeries, ironworks ami iroji, shipbuilding yards, and to nationalise the marine coastal and intercolonial sendees." An amendment was moved: "That the Government nationalise all industries when the opportunity offers." 'The amendment was carried and it was sub-, sequently amended by the addition of the words "especially those industries connected with the necessaries of life." '
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 184, 25 July 1908, Page 2
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171LABOR IN CONFERENCE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 184, 25 July 1908, Page 2
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