LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 March 1931, Page 5

LATE LOCALS.

A local resident who purchased a piece of corned beef at a local butchery, was very much surprised at his dinner to-day, when in cutting tlm meat the found a large bullet embedded therein, the nose of the bullet being well flattened. The resident wonders now whether that is the cause tnat beef weighs so heavy.

A special message to the “Argus’* says: Watching the interests of the Timber Workers, Mr J. O’Brien. Member for Westland, asked the Prune Minister if he will bring prensure on the banks doing business in New Zealand that will force them to bring the exchange rates between New Zealand and Australia to reasonable limits whereby New Zealand commodities may be sold in Australia without being subjected to the present exorbitant penalty in the exchange. At the present time, he said, it was estimated that over 800 workers were unemployed in the sawmilling industry, and if step’s were taken to bring the exchange rate between here and Australia to what it was twelve months ago, most of these men would be working again.

Air Downie Stewart, speaking m the House warned Labour against the rency of a possible depletion of curerncy if economies wei'e not effected and wage cuts were not accepted. “The exchange is now against us,’’ he said, “to the extent of ten per cent., even when our trade balance is good; but if the trade balance swings against us, the people to suffer most would he the wage earners.” He asked why Labour had not raised its voice in protest in 1918 when the Arbitration Court, acting under special legislation, broke the agreement* by raising wages so as to meet the increase in the cost of living. It seemed Labour would Tot protest against broken contracts when the tide was running against th e employer.

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