The claim that the legislation to he brought down by the Labour Government would make this country the most advanced for its social laws in the British Empire, if not, in (he world, was made by the Minister of Employment and Labour, the Hon. H. T. Armstrong, when he was speaking at a complimentary social tendered to Mrs. Armstrong and himself by Christchurch East electors. The Minister said he was detei mined to make the Department of Labour by far the most important department'of State, to restore it to its proper place, and so put the country in the position it occupied 30 years ago. when it led the world in social legislation. What Seddon and Ballance had done could be emulated, and to-day there were more opportunities. If Nanier is included in your holiday tours you'll be pleased to know that the "Trocadero" will be in full swing dally throughout the season.*
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18955, 4 March 1936, Page 4
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