ADVICE TO LABOUR.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144147, 17 July 1913, Page 2

ADVICE TO LABOUR.

“I believe that a legally trained! mind is the worst of all minds that could be given the task of adjudicating on disputes between men and their employers,” said Mr. Veitch (Wanganui), iu his speech this afternoon. He said that he had a high opinion of Mr. Justice Sim as a judge, but he maintained that the legal mind was not adapted to dealing with questions of equity, a first-class economist, rather than a Supreme Court judge, was needed os chairman of the Arbitration Court. Mr. Veitch warned the workers not to bo in too great a huriy to dissociate themselves from the Arbitration Act, they should, ho said, devote their activities to securing greater repre-: sentation in Parliament. Instead of there being two jobs for one man, he said the time may soon come when there will be two men for one job, and then wages may tend to go down. This was the position, he said, that Labour should be prepared to face. THE HIGH COMMISSIONERSHIP. The assertion made by Mr. Witty (Biccarton) that a bargain was made by the Reform Party with the Hon. T. Mackenzie in regard to the High Commissionership, prior to the Mackenzie Government leaving office, was referred to to-night by Mr. E. P. Lie (Oamaru). He said that if Mr. Witty had any facts in support of his assertion he should produce them. t Mr. Witty; “You will get them all right; don’t worry about that, you will get them, and you will be Sorry for it.” Mr. Lee: “Well I shall he very glad to get all the facts.”