CHINESE LABOUR.
RESTRICTIVE LEGISLATION SUGGESTED. WELLINGTON. June 17. A conference is to be held shortly l>et ween representatives of the employers and workers in the furniture trade with a view to guarding against, competition from Chinese labour in tho dominion. As far as it is known there arc no Chinese working in the furniture trade in Wellington, but in Auckland nine Chinese have entered into the manufacturing bin-moss. Both the New South Wales and Queensland Governments have passed legislation to restrict, competition by Chinese furniture workers. The law of Queensland requires that before leaving the factory all furniture must be stamped to show whether it has been made by Chinese or Europeans. Tho matter has been under consideration by both employers and the Furniture Trades Union, and correspondence lias pasted between both sides, suggesting the desirability of holding a oonferon'o to decide what action to t ike. Tho United Furni-
ture ’l'rados Federation is of the opinion that the labour laws of the dominion should lie amended along the lines of Australian enactments, in so far as the latter relate to Chinese labour, and the coming conference will probiblv discuss the subject Lom this point of view.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3510, 21 June 1921, Page 44
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