APPRECIATED

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20150, 19 May 1928, Page 7

APPRECIATED

DELEGATES EFFORTS Industrial Conference Creates Better Understanding PRIME MINISTER PLEASED FUTURE PROSPERITY [Per Pree« Association. J WELLINGTON, May 18. The value to a country of industrial peace and contentment was stressed by the Prime Alinister (the Right Hon. J. G. Coates) to-day, when* expressing the thanks of the Government to the National Industrial Conference for the work it had done. He believed that the main benefits of the conference would be represented not by the practical results, but by the better understanding that had been brought about between employer and employee. The members of the Parliamentary Committee felt that their efforts had been repaid, in that an atmosphere had been created that would indicate generally to the people of New

Zealand that there was a strong desire that employer and employee should understand the difficulties and points of view of each other. "It is a matter of distinct satisfaction in New Zealand that we have been able to get the various organisations representing the different interests together. I think it is an accomplishment and I believe it augurs well for the future. I congratulate those present on their work and sincerely convey to them the feeling that it is an inspiration to those concerned with the welfare of tho country and the destinies it is bound to accomplish in the future," said Air Coates. “It may be necessary and desirable," fid de 3 Mr Coates, “to keep in front of us the necessity on future occasions of calling together the representatives of employers and the representatives of employees. If we can keep industrial peace in this country then there is nothing to fear. It means everything to everybody to have a large section of our community satisfied that they are getting a fair hearing and a fair deal. (Hear! Hear!). If wc can do that wc are going to progress, because it means prosperity to every individual in our country." (Applause).