but not the sort of Arbitration that had been in evidence lately. He did not believe that any person belonging to any body of organised Labour whatsoever could fail to deprecate the formation of Unions under the Act forwarded and advocated by employees, probably financed by employers, and used in every possible way to break up larger and stronger unions. Such attempts could not fail to be viewed with the greatest dislike and contempt.
A special committee, consisting of Messrs. Tregear, Young, Sullivan, Parry and Hickey, was appointed to consider the whole of the remits dealing with Arbitration and to report to Conference. On behalf of the committee, Mr. Tregear presented the following report:—
ARBITRATION COMMITTEE’S REPORT
Provided that when an industrial union of workers has officially applied for cancellation of its registration, as provided for in Clause 21 of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, no industrial union shall be registered in that industry covered by the union which has officially applied for cancellation of its registration, unless a majority of the members of the union that has cancelled its registration express, by secret ballot, as provided by the rules of the said union, their desire so to register.
That the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act be amended so that it shall be competent for an industrial union, by resolution of a special meeting, to immediately give notice of its intention to cancel its registration, which shall be considered the official application; but before such cancellation shall be effective, it shall be in-
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