WORKERS ARRIVE
BUILDERS FROM AUSTRALIA. PARTY OF THIRTY-EIGHT MEN. STAY DEPENDS ON CONDITIONS. (Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, This Day. Thirty-eight men arrived by the steamer Wanganella to engage in the building trade in New Zealand. - All are from New South Wales. They are mostly carpenters and painters, with a •few bricklayers. The majority are single, j ' Several, interviewed, said they would return to Australia if conditions in New Zealand did not appeal to^them. One said that the response to New Zealand’s call was the result of a lull in building on the other side, but he believed that building would receive a stimulus in Australia within six months and he and his companions had no doubt of getting work there in future if thejt returned. Another man said that the wages offering in New Zealand were lower than those in Australia, and if wet weather out down their hours and wages he did not think many would remain in the Dominion. The men were met by a placement officer and will be drafted to positions immediately. Some will probably go to the State housing scheme, but others expressed a wish to obtain employment on- larger'building projects.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 129, 14 March 1939, Page 6
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