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Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 17, 9 July 1920, Page 6

"When the Labour party comes into j power it will play up with Parliament | procedure and upset most of its ce^ I monies." — N. J. Howard, Labour for Christchurch South during the de a | on the no-confidence motion. At the annual conference of the N j Zealand Timber Workers' Fedcration 1 following motion was put to the ® by Mr E. Phelan, president :-"Tha' W ; conference draw the attention of t w ^ , >l ernmelnt to the increasing nl,w . T ^ Hindus and Chinese that are arl'^ ^ j the Dominion, and request it to ^ , Immigration Act to stop- withou ^ j immigration of Hindus and ^ 1 further, that the conference aftm ^ j principle of a 'White New Zealand. ^ Phelan stated that this question ^ ^ j suming alarming proportions, | be handled in an expeditious ^ j These people were a menace to ^ j munity in many ways. There ^ | tainly many good workrnen am^ ^ , Hindus, but their standard 0 j on such a low basis that w e jqr T. ^ not possibly compete wat^1. ° which 1 O'Byrne seconded the motion» carried.