WORK AND BUSINESS.
—— ♦ • DOMINION FIGURES. Every year the Labour Department publishes statistics showing the number <-* factories and shops in every town, v -.J they are valuable in comparing the size of the smaller towns in New Zea- ! land. The following table will give some idea of the industrial importance of the leading towns in New Zealand:
V il tUI/t/Iloa. OIU/J.K3. Auckland Christchurch . ... Wellington Dunedin Invercargill ••• Napier '••• . Palmerston North Nelson Wanganui ••■ Timaru New Plymouth ... Gisborne Masterton Greymouth Oamaru Ashburton Hastings ... Gore 1513 1355 1098 1193 338 307 260 279 278 213 197 191 153 141 134 -v 129 124. 103 1778 1448 1571 1258 342 304 317 279 249 236 235 189 196 187 140 154 122 109
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXI, Issue 8452, 21 August 1911, Page 6
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