STATE IN BUSINESS.
MANY REQUESTS TO MINISTER (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, March 10. Replying to appeals by business men for less Government interference in business, the Minister for Industries and Commerce (the Hon. ]>. G. Sullivan), at the annual meeting of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce) said that the number of men who asked him for interference in their business was staggering. Business men seemed to him to speak with a multiple of voices. He read a list of more than twelvo requests received for action in governing industries, in one form or other, ranging from fixing the prices of flour, bread, and benzine to those of beer, meals, and funerals. The Government, with the best intentions in the world, would have great difficulty in discovering what business men really wanted. The Government had no intention of striking out on a wholesale pricefixation policy, he said. “We will investigate where necessary, and go where the facts lead us in the we we believe in the best interests of the community,” said Mr Sullivan.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 127, 11 March 1936, Page 3
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