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TJfEW PLYMOUTH SUGGESTION. ALTERATION OF THE ACT. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Wednesday. The necessity for the alteration of the Apprentices Act, altering conditions and wages eo as to make it possible for employers to employ the full number of apprentices in their respective trades, was urged at a meeting of the representatives of the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce, Farmers' Union and Rotary Club. ■ , ~ The chairman of the chamber, Mr. A F Sandford, suggested that the Government should take the responsibility of paying boys five shillings a week for the first 12 or 18 months of the apprenticeship, eo that employers could be induced to engage apprentices without delay.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 183, 4 August 1932, Page 5
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