CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18549, 6 November 1923, Page 9

CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT

HIGH WAGES AND DRINK. A. and N.Z. LONDON, Nov. I. Sir George Hunter, of Messrs. Swam and Hunter, speaking at the Newcastle Rotary Club, said ' the reasons for unemployment in the shipbuilding industry were high wages and drink. The recent reduction of wages amounting to 4 per cent, had led to a corresponding increase in the volume of work available. If the money spent on' liquor were devoted to the purchase of useful commodities the position of the industry would be materially improved.

: [Some of the following messages , appeared in the la to edition of the Herald yesterday.] FINE NAVAL SPECTACLE. REVIEW BY THE PREMIERS. INSPECTION OFF SPITHEAD. TJeuter. LONDON. Nov. 3. An inspection of the Atlantic Fleet took place off Spithead to-day. The weather was fine and there was a strong breeze. Among those present were the First Lord of the Admiralty. Mr. L. C. M. S. Amery, and Messrs. W. F. Massey, S. M. Bruce, Mackenzie King, and three hundred other distinguished guests. Seventy ships, all built since 1914, assembled in five long lines, totalling 15 miles. The visiting Premiers and others aboard the minelayer Princess Margaret, steamed through the lines of vessels, which were fully manned, with bands playing. Vice-Admiral Sinclair's flagship, the Queen Elizabeth, fired a salute as the members of the overseas Dominions party passed. , The Premiers were particularly interested in the latest battle-cruisers, Hood and Repulse, which are going on an Empire cruise, and also in the Argus, which was carrying 30 aeroplanes. In the course of the afternoon's programme, the destroyers advanced to attack the Princess Margaret. The whoio fleet subsequently ; developed evolutions within a 10-mile radius, after which the Dominion Premiers returned to Portsmouth. ,

BRITAIN'S SEA POWER.

MR. MASSEY'S IMPRESSION.' Router. LONDON, Nov. 4. Mr. W. F. Massey, interviewed, said the naval review at Spithead most impressed everyone with the fact that Britain was still a great sea Power. The review had given the overseas visitors an idea of the importance of : naval defence which they were not likelyi to forget and something to communicate to their fellow citizens when they returned home.