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We first promised to— (1) Guarantee prices to farmers and abolish the present speculative nature of their income. This has been applied to the dairy industry; and the fruit, eggs, and honey producers desire to obtain the benefits of the procedure. (2) Legislate a statutory minimum wage and salary to provide an adequate standard of living for all workers. The 1931 rates of pay have been restored, in and out of the Public Service, and the Arbitration Court is charged with determining a basic wage. (3) Reorganize the education system to provide the maximum possibilities of advancement for all our children. The five-year-old children are back in the schools. The training colleges at Wellington and Dunedin have been reopened. School Committees are being provided with adequate funds. An extensive schoolbuilding programme is under way. Attendance of the children of the rural areas at secondary schools has been facilitated. The grants are being restored to the Free Kindergarten and the Workers' Educational Association. (4) Institute a National Health Insurance Service to provide every facility for the maintenance and restoration of health. Plans are being prepared for the erection of a dental training school, and procedure necessary to establish a National Health Service is being investigated. (5) Provide a superannuation and pensions system that will supply an adequate income to the aged, the ailing, the widow, and all those unable to earn their own living. Old-age pensions and pensions for widows with children have been increased to £1 per week. Miners' pensions have been restored. Deserted wives and invalids are to receive £1 per week with 10s. for each dependent. Women are to receive the full old-age pension at sixty years. Widows of soldiers otherwise unqualified are to receive a pension. Economic pensions have been increased and pensions for soldiers' dependents restored. (6) Organize productive development employment through Public Works assistance to local authorities, and the fostering of secondary industries. Fifteen thousand men are working on Public Works under reasonable rates of pay and good conditions. Negotiations are proceeding with local authorities for facilitating the commencement of necessary work. The Bureau of Industry has plans under way for new industries. (7) Assume control of the central credit system of the Dominion to ensure the maximum utilization and distribution of the resources of the Dominion. The Reserve Bank has been taken over; credit facilities for the dairy industry and housing projects are available. (8) Support the covenant of the League of Nations for the avoidance of war and the maintenance of peace and the closest relations with the nations of the British Commonwealth. A full delegation has been sent to the International Labour Conference, and another delegation is on its way to the League of Nations Assembly at Geneva. The Minister of Marketing leaves for the United Kingdom after the close of the session to extend trade with the Old Country, with subsequent negotiations with other members of the British Commonwealth of Nations.

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