ARBITRATION LAWS

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 131, 2 March 1928, Page 8

ARBITRATION LAWS

NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE REPRESENTATION NOT TO BE CHANGED PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE’S DECISION The original form of representation at the National Industrial Conference to open on March 15 is to be adhered to, according to a decision arrived at by the Parliamentary Committee yesterday. The Minister of Labour (Hon. G. J. Anderson), in the absence of the Prime Minister (Right Hon. J. G. Coates), presided over yesterday’s meeting of the Parliamentary Committee. The other members present were Sir John Luke, Messrs. G. W. Forbes, E. A. Ransom, M. J. Savage. J. A. Nash and F. Waite. Apologies were received from the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition. The committee considered the applications which had been made by various organisations for further representation, but decided that the representation already provided for should remain. By the present arrangement the farmers had been allotted 15 representatives out of the employers’ total of 25; and as decisions would be arrived at by mutual discussion—and not by voting—there was no fear, it was considered, that farming interests would be overwhelmed by others.

A vote of thanks was passed to the Minister of Labour for presiding, and regret was expressed at his inability to be present at the conference, which is to meet in the Old Assembly Room, Parliament House, at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 27.