SKILLED LABOUR SHORT.
SEQUEL TO LONG IDLENESS
LONDON, November 27. The shortage of skilled labour in Britain threatens to become acute.
The President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Runciman, admits that there is a shortage in several trades and that it is likely to increase with the growing demands of industry.
It was officially admitted in tlie House of Commons tliat in the past IS months 600 men from Ireland had found work in the building trade in Coventryalone, mainly on public works.
The loss of skill is one of the great problems in the distressed areas. Numbers of men have not worked for teit vears, while a generation has grown up, many of which has never worked.
It is hoped that their skill will return to unemployed who were formerly artisans, while efforts will be made to train youths.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 286, 2 December 1936, Page 7
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