THE ARBITRATION ACT.
SHOULD IT BE REPEALED?
|[BY TELEGRAPH.— SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]
Wellington, Wednesday. Replying to some remarks by Mr. Davey in regard to the Arbitration Act, the Leader of the Opposition to-day referred to what he termed the unfortunate events of the last few months, which had shown that it was impossible to supersede natural and economic laws by an Act of Parliament. It had often been stated that New Zealand was a land without strikes. He believed that in proportion to our population we had had as many strikes during the past year its any other country in the world. They could not make a man employ labour if he.did not feel inclined. to, ami as for sending people who broke tho law in this connection to gaol, it was absolutely nonsense to think of it. In reply to this the Premier said that though there had been friction lately in connection with the Act, he believed that nothing had done more to put money into tho pockets of business people in this colony than the protection they had had from strikes as the result of the Arbitration Act. He believed that it would) be bad for this colony if the Act were repealed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13481, 4 July 1907, Page 7
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