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MANUFACTURERS RESTLESS FEDERATION ISSUES STATEMENT (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, Oct. 18. “The federation - notes that the Prime Minister (Mr M. J. Savage) is not yet in a position to make the statement promised of the procedure to be followed in safeguarding New Zealand industries,” says a statement issued today by the New Zealand Manufacturers’ Federation. The statement reviewed the federation's approaches to the Prime Minister, the Minister of Industries and Commerce, and the Minister of Customs since 1935 for protection, said the manufacturers, Apprehensive over the knowledge that orders were going overseas which previously had been handled in New Zealand factories, the federation asked for protection from the situation which must follow the Governmen’s labour, legislation. “The unemployment predicted by the federation has come to pass,” the statement continues, “ but the safeguarding measures promised by the Government have not Tfie most unfortunate aspect of the situation is that industry cannot indefinitely continue to carry workers who have been retained in expectation of the Prime Minister’s fulfilment of his undertakings.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23326, 19 October 1937, Page 14
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