BETTERMENT OF LABOUR
EFFECT OF LEGISLATION IN NEIW ZEALAND. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright SYDNEY, January 12. Mr Beeby, State Minister for Education and Labour, who has just returned from a visit to New' Zealand, says he floes not agree with the statement that a couple of decades of labour legislation in New Zealand has left the worker ■whore ha was. He had no hesitation in denying that Labour had been the first to recognise the betterment arising from the legislation. It was a mere illusion to think that New Zealand had passed through depression during the last few years. The enormous value of tho regulation of industry in preventing tfie cutting of wages was fully appreciated. No political party or substantial section of Now Zealand’s community suggested that any of the legislation should be repealed.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7335, 13 January 1911, Page 6
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