STATE INTERFERENCE IN BUSINESS
MANY REQUESTS TO MINISTER (PBBSS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, March 10. Replying to appeals by business men for less Government interference in business, the Minister for Industries and Commerce (the Hon. D. G. Sullivan), at the annual meeting of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, said the number of men who asked him for interference in their business was staggering. Business men seemed to him to speak with a multitude of voices.
He read a list of more than 12 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 businessmen really wanted. The Government had no intention of striking out on a wholesale price fixation policy, he said.' "We will investigate where necessary, and go where the facts lead us in the way we believe in the best interests oft the ■community," said Mr Sullivan.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21729, 11 March 1936, Page 10
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