AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
CHAOS IN LABOR MARKET. Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. London, May IK). Speaking at the annual meeting of. tho Associated Chamber of Manufacturers, the (president said that, owing to a certain class of agitator taking advantage of the Commonwelth being at war, the labor market was practically in a state of chaos during the whole year. Employers Were so harassed that a number had gone out of business. The existing state of affairs spelt insolvency and .probably the total cessation of industry. As the result, of agitation and the go-slow policy, capitalists were trying to withdraw their money from manufacturing concerns. Unemployment was increasing, and if it were not for the equipment of the soldiers the number of unemployed would be appalling.
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Taranaki Daily News, 31 May 1917, Page 2
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122AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Taranaki Daily News, 31 May 1917, Page 2
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