MAN-POWER
THE MOST ANXIOUS PROBLEM
MEN 1 FOR INDUSTRIES BEFORE
THE ARMY
(AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received January 26, 2.30 p.m.) LONDON. 25th January. The Mttii'Jfewer Bill wars fetid th« third time in tho Home of Conimous,
In winding up the debate, Sir Auckland Geddes, Minister of National Service, eaid that the Government intended to make the utmost possible use of the Home forces for agriculture and similar purposes. ' The most anxious problem of the moment was not the supplying of men for the Army, but for the production of tonnage, transport, agriculture,, and the distribution of food. The Minister emphatically refused to negotiate with the engineere separately, and eaid that other unions which were negotiating for the comb-out were opposed to a hole and -corner conference. All the unionshad participated in ( the 1916 agreement.
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 23, 26 January 1918, Page 6
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