TAILORING TRADE.
STORE CLOTHES IN DEMAND, j
(Pei* Press Association).
GISBORNE, August 3. , The Arbitration Court decided to make no award for the present in the tailors' dispute, Mr Justice Hbsking stating that the unions would be well advised.to leave things alone till the country got over the war. This was one of the trades in which the stress of war must be felt. .People onuid exercise economy by purchasing fayiiry srits.
Lvidencc was. given by Gisfnrne mastjr tailors and by Mr Hobbs, of * hnstr.i i.rch, and Mr Nicholls, of Vu'vhmd, that tailoring proper was dyiag cut, its place being taken by high-grade factory work. It was the old story of the triumph of machinery over .handwork. The system was cl.eve.lp.pcd considerably in America, whe"rti-.riTj>m 80 to 90 per cent, of the people wear ready-mado store clothes. The figures quoted show the diminishing value of the trade, and that a good many master tailors "have gone out of i>he business. Mr IJalien, appearing for the workers said that he had not come prepared .to fight for a Dominion■■ award. The Court decided that it would be better to have the matter fought out in Christchurch later on.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8208, 4 August 1915, Page 3
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