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1950 NEW ZEALAND

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE REPORT OF GOVERNMENT DELEGATES ON THE THIRTY-SECOND SESSION, HELD AT GENEVA, JUNE-JULY, 1949

To be Laid on the Table of the House of Representatives

INTRODUCTION The Conference was held in Geneva, Switzerland, from the Bth June, 1949, to the 2nd July, 1949, both days inclusive. Fifty countries were represented, the total number of delegates present being 187 (101 Government, 43 employers', and 43 workers'), while there were, in addition, 354 advisers, making a total of 541 delegates and advisers. In addition, there was a tripartite delegation of observers from Japan, accompanied by Mr. C. W. Hepler, the representative of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Japan. Representatives of the following international organizations were also present: United Nations, International Monetary Fund, Food and Agriculture Organization, International Refugee Organization, World Health Organization, and United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. The New Zealand delegation was : Representing the Government— Delegates— Mr. James Thorn, High Commissioner for New Zealand in Canada. Mr. Harry Parsonage, Assistant Director of Employment, Department of Labour and Employment. Advisers— Mr. Darrell Thomas Cooper Brayshay, Senior Inspector of Factories, Department of Labour and Employment. Miss Lena Purcell, Secretary, Auckland Shop Assistants' Union. Representing the Employers —- Delegate— Mr. John Roland Hanlon, Assistant Secretary, New Zealand Employers' Federation. Adviser — Mr. Stuart lan McKenzie, Secretary, Manawatu-Wairarapa Employers' Association. Representing the Workers— Delegate — Mr. Alexander Wellington Croskery, President, Federation of Labour. Adviser — Mr. Leonard Albert Hadley, Secretary, Wellington Iron and Brass Moulders' Industrial Union of Workers.