LABOR UNREST.
SOUTH AFRICAN CONFERENCE. Capetown, Nov. 3. A message from Pretoria states that at the opening of the conference of employers and employees throughout the Union, under the auspices of the Government, Mr. Malan, the Minister for Industries, said that Die first consideration for the summoning of the conference was the general industrial unrest, from which the Union had not escaped. The country seemed to bo drifting into avicious circle of increased wages and costs of living, from which the only escape was greater and more efficient production. Secondly, the country was beginning a great industrial development, and therefore it was necessary to lay down solid foundations, and get a better atmosphere. It was expected as an outcome ot the conference that a better appreciation would be gained of industries as a factor in national life, the State, and therefore the State must Disputes might jeopardise the safety of take a more direct share in the management of industries. Mr. Makm pointed out the need of facilities in Soutli Africa for the training of skilled labor,
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 December 1919, Page 5
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177LABOR UNREST. Taranaki Daily News, 5 December 1919, Page 5
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