WORK AND WAGES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 221, 16 March 1912, Page 5

WORK AND WAGES.

ORGANISATION OP LABOR. "THE FINEST FIGHT IN AUSTRALASIA." By Telegraph—Press Awwiation. Auckland'; Friday. _ Mr. Webb, president of the Federation of Labor, addressing a meeting of miners at Huntly, said that the recent industrial events at Auckland meant that the employers had thrown down the gauntlet to the Federation, hoping to draw them out in their present unorganised state. But the officials of the federation were not falling into this trap, and would pick the gauntlet up in good time to bang Auckland's head with it. He had got the secretaries of all the unions in Auckland not in the federation together, and the result was a unanimous decision to sink all other issues and join the federation in fighting the master class, Hei was going to Wellington, Lyttelton' and Timarii to do the same thing. They would link up labor in the Dominion, then accept the challenge given by the employers in Auckland, and put up the finest fight in Australasia. If defeated, they would go out fighting. He exhorted the miners to stand by the federation, as they would suffer most in the event of defeat.

The meeting passed resolutions resenting the action of the Mayor of Auckland and the City Council in refusing to meet the federation delegates, and expressing preparedness to make, common cause with the federation. ■ CONDEMNATORY RESOLUTION! FROM DAIRY EMPLOYEES' UNION. Auckland, Last Night. The Auckland labor dispute remains unchanged. The Dairy Employees' Union passed a resolution condemning the Action of the Mayor and Council in refusing to receive the representatives of the Laborers' Union. The Auckland waterside workers have, decided in favor of obeying the mandate of the Federation of Labor in the present deadlock. The Waterside Workers' Union's cancellation of registration comes into effect next week. . THE LABOR CONFERENCE. REMITS FROM CHRISTCHTJRCH. Chfistchurch, Last Night. The Christchurch South branch of the New Zealand Labor Party decided to forward the following remits to the annual conference of the party to be held at Wellington during Easter:—(l) Urging the four Labor members in the House of Representatives to retain the individuality of the party by refraining to join any administration other than thai of an accredited Labor Government and as far as possible to solidfy the party vote on all important questions by caucus agreement'; (2) urging the Government to amend the Local Elections Act by providing for adult suffrage for all elections to local bodies; (3) that the advisableness of a "white New Zealand" be discussed, and that the Labor members be urged to bring down legislation prohibiting the landing of any more Chinese in the Dominion; (4) that; the Government be,-urged to abolish grand juries. Mr. G. R. Whiting was appointed the delegate from the branch to the conference.