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ENGINEERING TRADES. SITUATION IN N.S.W. GOVERNMENT CRITICISED. . BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION-COPYRIGHT. Received Nov. 24, 12.5 p.m. SYDNEY, Nov. 24. The presiednt- of the Metal Trades Employers’ Association said that the present position in the engineering and iron trades was generally very serious. For some years past the industry had been suffering) from lack of orders, due mainly to importation from abroad. Some sections had expected to benefit from the recent tariff amendments, but almost before any result from the new tariff could be felt, the State Government had introduced a forty-five hour week, which placed the industry in a critical position. The speaker concluded : “The Government has no mandate to destroy private enterprise, nor to socialise industry. There can be no other interpretation of the legislation which the Lang Government is passing.” __________
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 24 November 1925, Page 9
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133SERIOUS PLIGHT Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 24 November 1925, Page 9
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