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UNION AGENTS AND IMMIGRATION. During the hearing of the moulders’ dispute yesterday the representatives of the employees said that the conditions • for .moulders in EinglandJ were so much bettor than the conditions here that New Zealand firms would find difficulty in getting men of that trade to come to this country. This contention the employers assessors opposed, Mr Barber, the employees agent, thereupon remarked: 1 ‘We are.making arrangements to advertise for them not to come hero." _ Mr Mitchell (employers): Is that a statement conducive to the settlement of this dispute? Mr Barter: It is better than the lies that have been told about New Zealand, about th© fine conditions that don’t exist. Mr Mitchell: Told bv whom? Mr Barter: By tho Government departments. . . A union representative: There is no doubt that New Zealand is painted up. Until you get here it is all right, and then you cannot get out of the country.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10560, 10 April 1920, Page 8
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156A STRANGE THREAT New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10560, 10 April 1920, Page 8
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