MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 October 1920, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

—— ——■ ——r ’ AUSTRALIAN N.Z. CARLE ABSOCIATIOnJ : CAPITAL and labour. E LONDON, vOct. 18. Lord Weir, addressing the Chamber of Commerce at Glasgow spoke on the future relations of the State, capital' and labour. He asserted that if the Government was under the obligation to relieve unemployment, it should have a voice in dealing with any policy that produced unemployment. It would be justified, in his opinion, in seeking a revision of the trade union’s policy as to freedom of employing unskilled labour. jae considered that all unemployment relief money should be with-held from such unions as oppose the utilisation by employers of the semi-skilled workers for certain work. While it might be admitted, be legitimate to decline work under specified conditions it is not legtimate to prevent others from accepting such conditions. Yet the unions were using this power with ever-increas-ing tyranny anl ruthlessness. Lord Weir said he would urge some temporary stabilisation of wages for twelve months. He also urged a tern-, porarv increase in working hours. ‘ GREEK KING WORSE. ATHENS, Oct. 18. The King’s condition is now worse. Ho has developed congestion of tlie_ lungs. , The newspaper “He6tia” , corrects previous versions of the incident. ,It appears when a female monkey attacked the King’s wolf hound, the King attempted to separate them? upon which a male monkey leapt from a tree and savagely ripped the King’s thigh and hand. The doctors’ suspecting insanity, killed the monkey.