The Labor Statesman
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-01-23
issued: 1925-08-14
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note: Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council <^f|j|^> - Official Organ of The Canadian Labor Partf No. 69âEIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B.C., August 14th, 1925 FIVE CENTS PER COPY British Empire Labor Conference in England Labor Men From All Part* of the Empire Confer on Subjects J_ Concerning the Worket^^^AIir^rLasW Is to Benefit the Toilers of All Nations. BRITISH Labor reached another milestone recently, when the ^gx-Premier, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, welcomed to the Motherland a party of Labor delegates, who had come from many corners of the Empire to meet in conference. , The occasion was the opening, in the Inter-Parliamentary â¦Association Rooms, at the House of Commons, of the British Commonwealth'Labor Conferenceâthe first gathering of its kind in the history of the movement. â¢ j Mr. MacDonald expressed himself in clear-cut terms on the subject of Preference. "What we hav.e to do," he said, "iSrto devise means by.which Preferences are given for the benefit of the whole community." He suggested that the only way was by large.wholesale purchases by committees under Government control. Representatives were.present -from X: Ireland (north and Free State), Australia, British Guiana, Canada, India, Newfoundland, Palestine and South Africa, in addition to many British ex-Ministers and members of Parliament. ; IPese , included â MrrF.O. Roberts, Col. J. C. Wedgwood, Mr. R; J. Davies, Mr. Arthur Henderson, Mr. A. A. Purcell, Mr. G. Lansbury, Mr. R. Smillie, Mr. B. Spoor and Mr. J. Maxton. ,.. The delegates, among whom were- several men of non-European races, had assembled to hammer out such problems as: . Inter-Dominion emigration; Geneva Protocol; International labor legislation,- Inter-Dominion trade relations; Conditions of Indian labour in the British Colonies; _;â¢, Industrial legislation and labour protection in the mandated territories, r i ft was announced, however, that ty deliberations would be conducted â¢m private, and that the Pre…
note: Title changes in chronological order: The Labor Statesman (1924-04-25 to 1965-03), The Labour Statesman (1965-05 to 1969-09). From 1924-04-25 to 1965-03 The Labour Statesman was owned and published by the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1965-05 to 1967-07 it was published jointly by the B.C. Federation of Labour and the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1967-08 to 1969-09 it was published by the B.C. Federation of Labour.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0438819
language: English
lat: 49.246292
long: -123.116226
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver and District Labour Council
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