STOCKING INDUSTRY
Firm Working Two 50Hour Shifts An indication of production pressure in tire hosiery industry was given to the No. 4 Armed Forces Appeal Board in Wellington yesterday by a witness tor Prestige (N.Z.), Ltd., appealing for adjournments of military service for two employees. It was stated that two 50-hour shifts were being worked weekly with overtime for 10 hours of the 50. The decline in production, because of the loss of skilled staff to the armed forces, was 20 per cent, compared with prewar figures. There bad been 87 employees serving their country—sl in the 2nd N.Z.E.F., four in the navy, 23 in the territorial force, and nine in the air force. Of the 87, 43 had been skilled operators. Since war began, the firm had started a system of training married men, or those unfit for service. The system cost thousands of pounds, but enabled staff to be replaced as called up.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 259, 29 July 1941, Page 6
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155STOCKING INDUSTRY Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 259, 29 July 1941, Page 6
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