INDUSTRIAL MISSION
TRAVELLING TOO PAST (Elec Tel. Copyright—United Press Assml (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.. NEW YORK, March 21. The Australian mission, travelling overnight, arrived at Grand Rapids and protested strongly against the speed at which it* was journeying. Already it had been decided it was impossible to hold regular meetings, owing to the desire to make individual inquiries. Members decided to keep separate notes, endeavoring co-ordinate views when meetings were held to consider their report. Mr. Valentine complained he was unable to talk to employees in factories, alleging that when he stopped to talk to a worker the latter was stolen away somehow. The interview which the mission had with one employees' representative group> council, with employers present, was stage-managed. If the inquiries went deeper it" might be shown that the Americans were no better off than Australians under compulsory arbitration. The experience of other members of the mission, including employees' delegates, was opposite to Mr. Valentine's,, many obtaining the names of workers j thev interviewed. . I
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16297, 23 March 1927, Page 3
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