Mercury, Tuesday 21 December 1948, page 13
A record number of branches, representing the largest number of members in the history of the organisation, will send delegates to the annual A.L.P. conference in Launceston on March 1, next year.
The date of the annual, conference was fixed at a meeting of the general executive of the party in Hobart yesterday. The Labour Women's Conference will take place on February 28.
The secretary (Mr. R. H. Lacey) said yesterday , that the. total membership of tine party in Tasmania would exceed the previous record by about 1,200. A new branch at Smithton had enrolled 250 members, and officials expected it to reach 300. The Snug branch had 150, and Cressy 250, and officials of the Prince of Wales Bay-Lutana, branch formed recently were confident that the branch would soon be the strongest in the State.