SAWMILL EMPLOYEES' CONFERENCE.
CHRISTCHUROH, Last Night
-. At the Sawmill Employees' Conference, a remit, "That the President of the Court of Arbitration be ekcted instead of appointed, and that Ls be not a Judge of the Supreme Court," was negatived, no delegate voting for it. The Conference affirmed the principle of statutory unconditional preference to Unionists, and agreed to remits that 44 hours should constitute a week's work; that the Government be urged to extend the State sawmills, coal and firewood yards, and establish timber yards, to regulate the price of timber; and that re-afforestation be urged upon the Government. A remit raising the question of the Union joining one or other of the Labour Federations was struck out. The.Miners' Federation was severely criticised, and termed "a rabble," and "a revolutionary mob." It was agreed that Unions affiliated to the Sawmills Federation should consider the advisableness of joining the Trades Councils Federation of Labour. It was decided to protest strongly against the Government's immigration policy. The nest Conference will be held at Timaru next Easter.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10218, 20 April 1911, Page 5
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174SAWMILL EMPLOYEES' CONFERENCE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10218, 20 April 1911, Page 5
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