FURNITURE TRADE
CHINESE COMPETITION. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, June 18. A conference is to be held shortly between representatives of employers and workers in the furniture trade with a view to guarding against competition from Chinese labour in the Dominion. As far as is known no Chinese are working in the furniture trade in Wellington, but in Auckland nine Chinese have entered into the manufacturing business. Both the New South Wales and the Queensland Governments have passed legislation to restrict competition by Chinese furniture workers. The law of Queensland requires that before leaving a factory all furniture must be stamped to show whether it has been made by Chinese or Europeans. The matter has been under consideration both by employers and the Furniture Trades’ Union. Correspondence has passed suggesting the desirability of holding a conference to decide on action. The United Furniture Trades Federation is of opinion that the labour laws of the Dominion should be amended along the lines of the Australian "Octments insofar as the latter relate to Chinese labour, and the coming conference will probably discuss the subject from this point of view.
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Southland Times, Issue 19256, 21 June 1921, Page 2
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187FURNITURE TRADE Southland Times, Issue 19256, 21 June 1921, Page 2
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