Mr Seddon and the Arbitration Act.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume xxi, Issue 6077, 25 September 1903, Page 2

Mr Seddon and the Arbitration Act.

United Pras3 Association-* Hy Filectrio Telegraph—Copyright. ; London, Sept 24 Mr Seddon, in a long letter published in (' The Times," declares that since the inauguration of the Arbitration Act all strikes and lock-outs have been instantly | adjusted, greatly increasing the output! and wages, and inducing thousands of Australians to emigrate to j^few Zealand. " The Times," commenting on the letter, says : " Time alone will show whether capital can bear, the strain of compulsory arbitration, where the tendency of the Government is entirely on the side of the , employed. Mr Seddon's impetuous optimism and impatience of opposition make him much too lisjht-hearted concerning the possibilities of a pull up." (Received Sept 25, JJ.45 a.m.) Sydney, Sept. 25 The " Telegraph," referring to Mr Soddon's letter in the " Times," Bays that it is due to the prosperity of the colony and the moderateness of the Act compared with the similar measure'in New South Wales and that projected for the Commonw.alth, that capital has not sustained a strain. It declares thut if New Zealand h s gained population from Australia, it. his evidently lost it to New South Wales,aethe returns from January Ist, 1902, to June 30th of this year, show th^t 17,800 left- this State for New "Zealand, while 20,341 arrived here from vhat colony, >