More Production For Higher Wages
, AUPKEAXD, Eeb. 4. "If is time tliat all seetions of tlie community realised vou cannot ger somethiitg for nothing. No rcasonable fierson can expect increases in wages without corresjionding increasixs in producl ion. ' ' This comment was made today' by the cliief exectitive offrcer 01 Ihe Victo'riau Chamber of Ma=mrfncturefs fMr. A. X. (hipphey), who is here to attend the fortheoming Xew Zealand manufacturers' conference. Tliere was rapirf expansion taking place ih •Austfanail secondarv industries, he said. There was a general clamour for higher wages tnd rCduced working hours. This had resfilted in most cominodities soaring. \Yhen a realisfic attifnde was take-n tovfards these problems, Australia wouln be really a great industrial nation able j to compete favourably in overseaa j markets' with leading countries. j Mr. rujiphey emphasised the iniportaiice of competition and unrhstri'cten enterprile. 1 1 'P'is freedohi is essentiai to healthy growth of any countrv. The renroval of (his svstem must lead to national decadeitce," he added. He would like to soe greater eonimerciftl Prift-ndship between Xew Zealand and Australia. |
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 February 1948, Page 5
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