'How to end strikes?' Series of articles in the Daily Chronicle by William Pember Reeves, all of which are entitled 'How to End Strikes'.
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William Pember Reeves 1857 - 1932
William Pember Reeves was born in Lyttleton, New Zealand and educated at Christ's College grammar school. He was sent to England to be educated for the Bar at Oxford. However ill health forced him to return to New Zealand, and after working as a law clerk he was admitted as a solicitor and barrister to the New Zealand Bar in 1880. He soon left the law to take up journalism. He joined the Lyttleton Times, which was founded and owned by his father, as a contributor in 1883 and went on to the editorship of the Canterbury Times in 1885 and the Lyttleton Times in 1889.
In 1887 he was elected to the New Zealand Parliament as the Liberal member for St Albans. In 1891 he was appointed as Minister for Education, Labour and Justice. He is best remembered for the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act (1894) which provided for a special court to preside over compulsory arbitration meetings between workers and employers. He was appointed to London as Agent General in 1896. In 1905 he was named as New Zealand's first High Commissioner, a position which he held until 1908 when he resigned to accept the appointment of Director of London School of Economics.
Reeves had previously lectured at the School and served on its Court of Governors. He was appointed to the University Senate in 1902. He resigned in 1919.
He had been a director of the National Bank of New Zealand since 1908 and was chairman of the board from 1917 to 1931. He was also active in the Anglo-Hellenic League.
His publications include:
The articles are arranged chronologically.
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