INDUSTRIES BILL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19140, 8 October 1936, Page 15

INDUSTRIES BILL

*'END OF ENTERPRISE" BtJREAtICRACY CON- -"..., deMned *'lf the industrial Efficiency Bill oocomeij law, it will bo the open sesame to. Complete socialisation of industry in Ne% Zealand and the end of private enterprise," said Mr. Gainor Jackson, who presided over nearly 100 members of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce afc" a special general meeting held this , week to discuss the bill. Opposition to th> bill and its proposals expressed at thje' meeting was summarised in a resolution* (already published) which was carried by a substantial majority. The effects of the bill were so farreaching, said Mr. Jackson, that when advance copies were received it had 1 been defend advisable to call members tof ether to discuss what effect it would a*re on industry, for the benefit of mithbera not acquainted with the contents* of the bill the chairman read it to the meeting, later commenting:— "Under the bill, a plan may be put before the bureau by any persons in the indfislary, employees as well as employers, evfen if the employers or owners of the •industry do not approve of it. "There is no right of appeal further than to the Minister of Industries and Commerce, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, ai# if he thinks the appeal is frivolous, he'may order the appellant to pay the costs of the appeal," Mr. Jackson contiiued. "The Ml gives him power to require all fiAriS ih a particular industry to; -be. licensea, and refusal to do so will mkhs a firm liable to a fifro of £IOO and £lO Jor every day the license remains ;unj6rocured." Referring to the provision whereby business,- might bo put out of opera* ;tiofi,by the revocation of its license on sii iftonths' notice because of ineffi;Cis&cy, a member said many old-estab-. difhtjd, fii-ms unable to afford modern mSchihery, 61* hew small-capital firms, might be penalised. There seemed to bo jrio opening left for private enterprise.