ARBITRATION COURT

Wanganui Chronicle, 23 February 1949, Page 5

ARBITRATION COURT

Some Objection To Amendments

WELLINGTON, Last Night (PA). "My statement that representatnes of tlie Federation of Labour and of lhe Employers’ Federation had been consulted in regard t 0 . re ™ nt . ments to the Economic Stabilisation Emergency Regulations, and had expressed their agreement, with the amendments, is correct, said the Minister of Labour (Mr. McLagan) He was replying to a statement made in Christchurch today by Mr W G. V Fernie, vice-president of tne New Zealand Employers’ Federation. “After my statement had been given to the press yesterday I was advised tlmt opposition to the amendments had been expressed by some sections of the Employers hedcratlon” the Minister continued. However such subsequent objections do not render incorrect my statement (hat the amendments were agreed to hv representatives of Hie two federations, who discussed them with me and who thoroughly understood the amendments- and were in a position to form a considered judgment in re-

gard to them. “From the general tenor of the objections which have been communicated to me. it would seem that those who have forwarded objections have not had the same opportunity of becoming fully acquainted with the amendments, and have arrived at illconsidered and incorrect conclusions as to their real effect. A careful study of the regulations will show that the amendments contain no new principles, and that there is no real ground for the objections," concluded 1 he Minister.