INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE.
(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Last Night. At the industrial conference, in reference to a statement that German toys are flooding Britain, it was resolved to dispatch a cablegram to the High Commissioner deploring the fact that British traders had already renewed considerable trading with Germany to the detriment of British manufacturers and workers. l lt was resolved that the Government be asked to appoint a Royal Commission to report on the coal position in the Dominion. The mover, Mr Jenkin (Christchurch) said the commission should report as to the real cause of the shortage and what the remedy was. Mr O. J. Ward (Wellington) was elected president and Mr P. Cooper (Christchurch) was appointed representative to travel with the Tariff Commission and to lead the evidence as to the association’s views on the subject.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLII, Issue 1737, 12 February 1921, Page 5
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136INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE. Manawatu Times, Volume XLII, Issue 1737, 12 February 1921, Page 5
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