REQUEST FOR DELAY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19138, 6 October 1936, Page 5

REQUEST FOR DELAY

NEW INDUSTRIAL BILL CRITICISM IN OTAGO (Per Press Association.) DUNEDIN, this day. At a special meeting of the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce held yesterday to consider tho Industrial Efficiency Bill, the following resolutions were passed “That this chamber, representative of all classes of the commercial community, desires to affirm tho following objections to tho Industrial Efficiency Bill now before Parliament: “(1) That as this bill deeply concerns every possible type of business and profession, and not merely manufacturers, further opportunity should be given to all those interested to consider its provisions and implications, and to make representations to the Government. “(2) That the bill, as drafted, does not provide any adequate safeguard at all for the interests of those concerned. “(3) That tho powers conferred by the bill upon the person for the time being occupying the position of Minister of Industries and Commerce are too extensive and should be modified, and in particular that a right of appeal from Ministerial decisions to an independent tribunal should be provided for. For these general reasons we strongly urge upon the Government the desirability ol postponing consideration of the. bill, at least till the next session of Parliament.”