SHIPPING AND LABOUR

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22917, 21 December 1937, Page 11

SHIPPING AND LABOUR

MR. H. SHAW SAVILL'S VIEWS POSITION IN NEW ZEALAND [bt telegraph—press association] WELLINGTON, Monday ..." The feeling of uncertainty caused by the Sino-Japanese conflict and the civil war in Spain was having an upsetting effect on trade, but neverthe- ■; 1 less shipping freights were all up, and he was told there was a good deal of cargo offering, said Mr. H. Shaw Savill, who, with Mrs. Savill, arrived at Wellington to-day by the liner J Strathaird. "The trouble at your end is the „ labour question," Mr. Savill continued. "In Australia they seemed to be geting the work done satisfactorily on the waterfront, but when we got to Auckland it was apparent they were., taking their time." Mr. Savill predicted New Zealand would not have a Labour Government much longer. "How can the farmer' 1 carry on?" he asked. "The price of" wool would need to go up much more * to compensate for the increased costs - , caused by the 40-hour week." • Mr. Savill said ship-building wasr fairly active in Britain, but many owners were waiting for the high costs to come down, and it was no use build-- v ing ships unless it was possible to get a a - guarantee of a certain freight rate for. o at least five years. Once the present international uncertainty was removed, ' however, business would go ahead. England was fully alive to the world; situation, and was ready for any =• emergency now, Mr. Savill said. The rearmament programme was progressing rapidly. . Mr. Savill, who was last in New~ Zealand eight years ago, and likes tho" country, intends to remain for threat - months. He will visit his brother,'* Mr. F. J. Savill, of Hanmer and will si>end a good deal of time,.; fishing. - .o,