LABOUR UNREST.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3353, 4 December 1919, Page 6

LABOUR UNREST.

SQUTH AFRICAN CONFERENCE. ' « CAPETOWN, Nov. 3. ‘ .A‘message from Pretoria states thait at «the Opelling of the conference of employers and _employecs throughout the Union, under the auspices, of the Government, Mr Malan, the Minister for _I-ndustries, said that Ithe first consideration for the summoning of the‘ conference was the general industrial} unrest, from which the Union had not escaped, ‘ The countlfy.seen.u:d ‘to Le drifting ‘into a vicious circle of iucre_as.-ad Wages and costs -of iiving, from which the only escape was greater and more efficient 'proudctionSecondly, the country was beginning a great industrial development, and ._t;h9r¢f<>l'«3 it wa,.= tleccssary to lay down ‘goiici foundations, anti get 9. iaetiefl atmosphere. It was expected -as an outcome of ;the conference that a better appreciation would be gained of industries as 9. factor in. national life.._ Disputes mightjcopaifiisc the safety of the State, and therefore the ‘State mnsft take a more direct share in the man*3.genlen't of industries. Mr Malan pointed ollt'the- need of facilities: in South Africa for the trainin-g of. skilled labour. ' '