ARBITRATION COURT
PROTEST AGAINST ABOLITION. By Telegraph— Per Press Association > CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 19. A protest against the abolition of tlie. Arbitration Court and any reduction in wages was made by 700 people at a meeting in the Civic Theatre last evening. S;>eeolie-s, setting out the Labour Party’s' views, on the present economic situation of the Dominion, were made by Mayor Archer and four Labour members of Parliament.
Tho meeting resol tit ion od :—“That ;thin meeting of citizens confidently affirms with Mr Philip Snowden that the reduction in wages is no panacea for trade depression. On the contrary it aggravates the position by lessening s,tiH further effective demand. Wliat is wanted when trade is bad is to increase the volume of purchasing power. This is the philosophy of Henry Ford and other leading sn : duistrialists. This meeting emphatically protests against the insidious and sustained propaganda, by the Chambers of Commerce and others against the A.ijbitrn.tion Court. This propaganda lias, already had a most detrimental effect on, trade and industry, as every retailor and manufacturer can testify.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 December 1930, Page 6
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