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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 12, No. 4. May 4th 1949
[Introduction]
The first, annual conference of the N.Z. Student Labour Federation was held in Wellington on Easter Sunday. Delegates were present from the AUC Labour Club, and the VUC Socialist Club and the U'O Radical Club in addition to an observer of the CUC Socialist Club which has not yet affiliated to NZSLF.
The secretary of the Federation. Ron Smith, reported that the Federation had conducted the following activities during its first year.
| 1 | Furnished information on the activities of the various Clubs in N.Z. by means of news-letters. |
| 2 | Inaugurated campaigns for an improved bursary system in N.Z.; against conscription and war; against secrecy in science and the militarisation of science: and one of support for the anti-Fascist Students and Youth in Spain. |
| 3 | Kept contact overseas by correspondents with progressive student and youth organisations in other countries, such as the Australian Student Labour Federation, WFDY. IUS and the British Student Labour Federation. |
| 4 | Organised a Student Labour Congress with three sessions on free afternoons during the NZUSA Congress. |
| 5 | Held conferences at Winter and Faster Tournaments. |