THE EMPLOYERS' VIEW.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 118, 16 May 1912, Page 5

THE EMPLOYERS' VIEW.

. AUCKLAND; May 16. Mr D. Goldie. chairman of the Auckland' Employers' Association, in an interview regarding the Waihi strike, stated that the employers should and would assist those men who, with ...their families, are sufifermg because' they desire to act in accordance with the law. It appeared to Mr Goldie, in the interests of all the workers and their families, that tnt- Government must.put a scop to the possibility of men who make speeches causing strikes in the Doirunion. Australia, with, a. Labor Government, had such a law. He expressed regret that the Governs meiib of New Zeal and appeared to enforce against the Unions and strikers

i the penalties provided by the law under clause 9 of the Arbitration Act. Drastic legislation must be passed to prevent the present state of things continuing. Every man was entitled •to a fair day's pay for a fair day's work, but to have > our industries paralysed at the whim of a few men who. neither toil nor spin, was beyond endurance and must be stopped with a firm hand. ■*■...