STRIKES IN NEW ZEALAND.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16454, 5 June 1919, Page 3

STRIKES IN NEW ZEALAND.

A WILD STATEMENT CORRECTED. Per Press Association. AVTLLINGTON' June 5. In reference to the statement attributed to Mr. F, M. B. Fisher in England that “strikes were more frequent in New Zealand than in any other country,” Mr. F. W. Rowley, Secretary for J/abour. says that between March 31, 1917, and the corresponding date in 1918, there were 27 strikes in this country, many of them trivial, involving no more than a few' hours’ cessation of work. Twelve cases had been serious, and given rise to proceedings under the War Regulations or the Conciliation and Arbitration Act. Quite a number of claims had been in connection with demands for increased wages and the high cost of living. The strikes in the year 1916-17 had numbered six. Mr. Rowley said bo. could not understand why Mr. Fisher had ventured the opinion quoted when the frequency of strikes in both Australia and the United States was well known.