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: 1925-11-20
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note: '$*\ sman Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Official Organ of The Canadian Labor Party ,NO. 83—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C, November 20th, 1925 British Labor Gains Seats In Municipal Elections LONDON.—The Labor party made magnificent gains in the municipal elections recently. -In addition to holding what it had, it captured 135 seats in local councils—47 in the provinces and. 88 in London. London is divided into 28 boroughs and each borough conducts most of .the local activities through on.g of these local hoards. = ' * Labor retained control of the six Extensions to increase plant capacity boroughs in which it has had a majority and gained -two more. Out in the provinces, especially in the industrial centres, similar gratifying gains are reported. British Labor attaches great importance to the control of local government. It is estimated that it has 10,000 of its representatives in offices which deal with the every-day affairs of the people. ' Some Interesting Facts The increasing number of things done by British municipalities make thfeir control a thing very much worth fighting for. .Electricity, street cars, water and gas, slaughter houses, markets or milk supply, coal yards, beside the public funds for poor relief and health—such are businesses involved in running the home town. The best showings of any electrical plants are by those where labor has been ruling. Three-fifths of the electric plants bf England and Wales are municipally owned. Not only do they 'sell current cheaper than the private companies, but most of them, put of irrofita, provide money to lower fhe local tax rates. Electricity is becoming the star example of what the city labor parties are out of control. Many of the municipal plants were established through the agitation of ■the local lahor parties. .i The latest figures show 299 muni Cipal plants, as against 195 private companies. Samples of the profits earned by them and of the contributions made toward the., lowering of…
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: 10.14288/1.0438877
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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