WORKS NEED MEN

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 293, 10 December 1943, Page 6

WORKS NEED MEN

FREEZING INDUSTRY

A CALL TO TERRITORIALS

(P.A.)

WELLINGTON, this day.

A temporary manpower shortage is developing in the freezing works industry. Already works in Auckland are short of 200 men, and further shortages are developing throughout the North Island as one freezing works after another gets into' the swing of seasonal production, said the Minister of Industrial Manpower, Mr. McLagan, to-day, in announcing the Government's decision to utilise in the freezing works a proportion of the men selected for one month's service with the Territorials.

It was hoped, said the Minister, that sufficient men would volunteer for this work to meet the present urgent demand. If sufficient volunteers were not available, however, it might be necessary to direct suitable men from among those liable for Territorial service. All men prepared to volunteer were asked to notify their local district manpower officers immediately. Preference would be given to men residing in districts where freezing works were situated. A minimum of four weeks' work would be required from those Avho exercised this option in lieu of Territorial service. Pay would be at freezing workers' rates, and every endeavour would be made to facilitate an extension of the working period should the men so desire.