WATERSIDE LABOUR

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 208, 28 May 1921, Page 6

WATERSIDE LABOUR

MINISTER’S UNOFFICIAL INQUIRIES THE SUGGESTED ROYAL COMMISSION A i.e'egram from Auckland, published, yesterday, stated that the local chamber of Commerce had received from the >o - eminent a list of questions regarding waterside labour, and had prepared m reply some suggestions tor the ment of the present number chamber was of opinion u * al , tho " uul .\f 6 Q f men normality required on the wharves should be. given permanent emt ploynient, and that increased powers m the handling of cargo should be given 1 harbour boards. — Q : The Minister of Labour (the Hon «. J. Anderson), referring to this telegram yesterday, said that the ho had been making regaulmg side employment were entirely unofffcmL He had no definite plan -of action in 1 mind, and he had been trying, to gather information -from all the parties, eluding the waterside workers the - selves. S He. had been urged to a Royal commission to investigate the. conditions of waterside employment, a he felt that before he came io a deci sion on this point he ought to make some inquiries of his own. He realised that the waterside problem was an exceedingly difficult one, and he did not wish to more in any direction without being sure of his ground.