APPEAL BY MR. COATES

Taranaki Daily News, 8 November 1935, Page 7

APPEAL BY MR. COATES

RESTORATION OF WAGES ■ ft •REQUEST TO PRIVATE EMPLOYERS. PRIVATE BUDGETS IMPROVED. , SCOPE FOR GENERAL ACTION. By Telegraph—Press Association. Last Night. An appeal to private employers to follow the lead of the Government in granting further restorations of salaries and wages was made by the Minist- of Finance, the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates, in speeches in the Kaipara electorate today, “The improvement in the public finances in 1934 and 1935 enabled the Government to make a well deserved restoration of the greater part of the cuts,” said Mr. Coates. “During the same period there has been an improvement just as marked in the budgets of the majority of private businesses. Many employers have recognised the sacrifices made by their staffs during the woTst of the depression and made complete or partial restorations of the cuts imposed in 1931 and 1932, when me Government .was forced to impose cuts in order to reduce costs and similar action was taken b. the majority of private concerns, “Now that a considerable recovery has taken place ind there is a strong prospect of continued Improvement I would urge on private employers the desirability of effecting further restoration in line with the j'olicy °f the Government. Evidence of improved conditions is so general that there should be scope for a fair’ general restoration.”