ALL N.Z. IS BONE-LAZY!
BRIGHT INTERLTJDE IN ARBITRATION COURT WELLINGTON, July 11. '''The whole community in New Zealand is bone-lazy." This statement was made by tlie secretary of the Eederated Farmers (Mr. A. P. O'Shea) during the presentation to the Arbitration Court of the farming view of claims for a new standard wage pronouncement by the Federatioji of Labour. Mr. O'Shea was speaking on limitations to • increases in production in, the country. "Perliaps it is only our generation that is tired," said Mr. Justice Tyndall. "There is a younger generation coming on." "The younger generation is a darned sight more tired than we are," said Mr. O'Shea. His Honour: Maybe our fathers said that about us! What he said was not meant to apply to any particular section of the country but to evbrybody, said Mr. O'Shea. Mr. P. C. Allerby (workers' representative: "Perhaps it's the 'new lieedom'. That is what we have been fighting for. Now we've got it we dont like it. ' ' "Is that it," said his Honour amid laughter.
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 July 1947, Page 6
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