INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
A COAL-OWNER’S EVIDENCE. (By Telegraph—Press Association--Copyright I (Received July 14, 9.55 p.m.) I SYDNEY, July 14. Dr Robertson, a leading South Coast coal-owner, giving evidence before the Industrial Commission, declared that the whole of the industrial laws .were a. complete failure, fx'he new race of officials, specially educated to scent so-called grievances, 'had called into being perpetual unVest, and the extravagant demands caused through union officials resulted in estranging the masters and the ■men. Workmen who once vied with one another as to the amount and quality of their work were now taught to restrain their efforts to the level of the least efficient. At the same time there was a perpetual demand for less work, fewer hours, and more pay. i The speaker added that he-was-con-/ ivinced that no law would, ever stop, (strikes. Industrial law was only observed by both sides as it suited them.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8480, 15 July 1913, Page 8
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