SPEECH BY HON. T. Y. DUNCAN.
ru fBBSs associatioh. Wkllibotoii, May SO. In the course of a speech at th* opening of a bridge at Rekierangi teduy Hon. T. Y. Duncan, Minister for Lands, referriug to the Conciliation and Arbitration Act, said there was just one thing he had to complain of: that was the tendency to try and bring all workers down te a dead level. A. minimum wage was all very well, bat workmen and women should be paid aocording to their ability. Then uhould be differentiation as to thai payment superior woikeis received. He admitted the Government had beem a little dilatory in the matter of South Afiican trade. Steamers should bar* be.iuunto theCapjtwoaodahalf year* »go. He whs of opinion that the frczen meat companies should combine) te further thi ir own interests, and was glad to sue the Farmers' Union taking up the qu.s'.ion of securing markets, instead of leaving legitimate profits to the middlemen. «■—«... M!l»l.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue XXIV, 21 May 1902, Page 2
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160SPEECH BY HON. T. Y. DUNCAN. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue XXIV, 21 May 1902, Page 2
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