AGAINST CHINESE LABOUR.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1463, 11 June 1912, Page 6

AGAINST CHINESE LABOUR.

i PUBLIC MEETING AT AUCKLAND. ! ißr T«leffra.pia--I , rei« Asi*olatUn:l Auckland, June 10. . TJ'iiited iacfiiih; is" lieiiig; tiikeiv in Auckl.'iiid' byVmployers and theif workmen io; prevent the introduction of Gftiii'efe-l'abour- , j iit!6: fh'iv ; ; furniture tfaido, TJlis eveiiiiig ; the aiar'm which lias IK-en creaio<l in tlio: -iiidusfi'-y waS::eipfessed iit ft pulilja. hiee.t- ---■ iiig h.0.111. in the. Trades Hall;' 'i'heto was I a very large attendance The principal 1 speaker was..Prpf. W... -T.-Malls'-.- I'.. 1'!. jVlidrews moved:—'That this .meeting, of citizens of Auckland views' w-ith appre- '-. hfcn'sioii the-- prpposiil; 'tp; iufi'oduce Cliinesolabour into the furnit'liro trade's ill .Ne.wZealand, and earnestly petitions Parliament to' pass legislation that will effective-. I ly jircvent injuiy to any industry by the i introduction of Asiatic, labour. ■' Ihfi: nibtiou was carried .unaniniously.-. ' !THe mgnibe'fs pf' -flip, dlattar. -:ahd. ■ erßoficers- fTnion attendfKl tlio lViehtiiig-in .a: libdy.... T.hii lnjuripiis: .eftec.ti- of .Xs.iatic': coinpc'iifion .in tli'eir induslry was- explained by 'Mr. ;A,;' Kosser, wno- iiiPVCd:-—-"That- this meeting of Auckland einplov'ci:s vuid workers views with alarm the . Inr'-e iVii'pbrtatioji -.iiito 1 thp,- Do.ruini.bii'.t pt. : wicker and rattan ifuriiiturcv-prpducc# by.! Asiatic'- labour. It further brings under , : notice -of. tlio Governmeut- the tact - that ' this furiiiti'ire is of inferior niake, pros : I diu-ed under sweated conditions,, which i,jves it criminal advantage ; over She : hi&illv produced article., Keeping these-: fact.<'in view, we call oti t.he Goyernmeiii '■ to place- a prohibitive duty on all, such itnpprted ■f'urn.it.iire'." 'T-lip. aiotipn, -was ; ' carried unanimously. ;