RESTORING WAGES CUTS
ATTITUDE OF FARMERS OPPOSITION IN WAIKATO The opinion that the present economic position of New Zealand did not justify the restoration of reductions in wages was expressed by members of the Waikato executive of the New! Zealand Farmers’ Union and n motion | disapproving of the restoration was passed. It was stated that the income of primary producers had not iinprov-j cd and that the increases in wages would mean an increase in friic cost 'of. living. : Miss Marshall, of the Woman Division, said her organisation considered it would be better to employ more men than to increase the wages of those 1 already employed. -•Miss Lee- Martin approved of the restoration, stating that the increased ‘money in circulation would result in improved conditions, while the.-relief workers would not be detrimentally affected. On, the motion of Mr. ,T. It. 'Furness, it was resolved iluit the economic position of the country could only be improved by the adoption of measures which would secure the stabilise; I tion of the purchasing power of the | I primary and secondary producers. i
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18499, 11 September 1934, Page 10
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180RESTORING WAGES CUTS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18499, 11 September 1934, Page 10
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