HARMONY IN INDUSTRY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19826, 31 December 1938, Page 14

HARMONY IN INDUSTRY

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HOPES OF MINISTER

VISITS TO CENTRES

(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. . Appreciation of the readiness, of. various interested parties in Auckland to ,go tiiorouply into the working conditions' of different industries was expressed by the Minister of Labour, the Hon; P. C. Webb, yesterday. He said that as a result of recent dis- ' cuissio'ri'fi he was .convinced iflhat it would hot' be long Ibefore closer cooperation and better harmony would prevail in industry.

"I have had similar discussions in Wellington," Mr. Webb continued. "I will leave for the south on Sunday and will visit Duriedin, Inyercargill and Chrlstchurch, where I hope next week to make contact with' similar organisations.

"I am convinced that the common sense of the people of this country will appreciate the need for better industrial organisation to ensure increased production to enable our present standard of living to toe maintained and improved."

Mr. Webb said he would first confer with industrial organisations, manufacturers and .producers to ascertain their point of view arid also labour organisations, specially the New Zealand Federation of Labour. Following these discussions he■ hoped: to arrange in each centre conjoint'' conferences of all parties ebneerned in order that there might be evolved a more harmonious industrial machine.