APPEALS BY BUSINESSMEN
LESS GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE A MINISTER’S REPLY (By Telegraph—Press Association) WELLINGTON, ilth March. Replying to appeals by business men for less Government interference in business, the Minister for Industries and Commerce (the Hon. D. F. 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 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 of 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 business men really wanted. The Government had no intention of striking out on a wholesale price fixation policy, he said. “We will investigate where necessaiy, and go where the facts lead u.s in the way we believe in the best interests of the community,” said Air Sullivan.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 12 March 1936, Page 8
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174APPEALS BY BUSINESSMEN Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 12 March 1936, Page 8
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