THE LABOUR BILLS.
OPINION'S OF THE EJfPLOYKKS' CO.N'FBRKXCK.
(UV I'KI.KGIi.U'H — I'ltKS.i ASSOCIATION.) Wklmnoio.v, Last Niiflit. Thk Kmployers' Conference have f.jrwardecl the Ij.iboiu- Bills t«i the Minister of Justice with curtain amendments which they surest. Tliu Truck Hill they consider carefully denned to meet e< i> winch (l.i nut ovist in the colony. Tim Simp Hums Bill will norinus'ly restrict trade to tlio tfreat detriment of those wlio receive wages weekly, The Conference is in favour of retaining Saturday for thu half liulidiiy. With respect to the Factories Hill, tliu Conference con siders the suvero penalties to bo imposed make tlio measure a Criminal Code UilJ, and the provision re,]uiriii|; the lumen of the ".nspectnrn to lie siibinittud to the I'iailes and hiljom-Council altogether too partisaithke, and would diim many in-dii-lrn.'S away. The Cotifiwims objects :.bs..lutiiiy l<, t1,,. clause iu the Industrial C'ontili.itioii Kill, qivini; th,i mles of tliu Tiadsw L nmn.-; the foice of law, to the. (:iirii|juNni-y clauses and to thu Colonial Si'cri)t:iry Ruyfuncii.ni in ciiinvc imn with its uoiKin.j-. The i:!.uim-s elt'ivti:i? the of the railways Bn > vie.u-it u-ith the (jivati-.-t al.iriu. ' Willi -li;;llt exi;.'|)l.iu!i< n.i .-1 i -cti-it is tuk.'ii lo the Ivni'loyns' L\ il.iiiiy Mill. In con clu-ion t,!u l.'onf.MVKo- --ay, Ihe ,-vil rfu'ct ot 1.■;.-!■ -la'.n-,, int.'rf.Ten;.-: with tr.nl,' cm only pmihic- i!i.--:i--r.r>u* n l.y intinme rlcii.fills . f nufTMin'y α-il vvnnt ~ f C'tilideln.!.".
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2964, 14 July 1891, Page 2
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228THE LABOUR BILLS. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2964, 14 July 1891, Page 2
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