MANY FACTORIES
CHANGING MELBOURNE
HEALTHY BUSINESS CONDITIONS
On his return to Wellington by the Wanganella today from a visit to Sydney and Melbourne, Mr. J. R. McKenzie said he had been impressed by the remarkable number of factories of all kinds that had sprung up in Melbourne. Mr. McKenzie said he thought the activities of the Lang Government in New South Wales had^ been responsible to some extent' for the increase in manufacturing houses in Melbourne. Three years ago, said Mr. McKenzie, he had visited a silk stocking manufacturer in Melbourne, and. at that time his factory, was working twentyfour hours a day. Since then the. plant had,been increased to double the size, and the factory was still working j twenty-four hours a day. The furnace was never out, and permission had been obtained even to work on Sundays. Three shifts a.day were worked on week days, but it was not necessary to have all the employees working on Sunday to keep the machinery going. Some of the machinery did not require many hands to operate it, one person perhaps being required for one j big machine. The machinery was very up-to-date. Tw:o very large machines had just been landed and they had cost in the vicinity of £5,500 each. Mr. McKenzie said he had also been astounded at the alterations that had taken place in the Melbourne suburbs. Many, of the factories had been put up in the- suburban districts, the object being to obtain rents as cheap as possible. Talking of business conditions generally in Sydney and Melbourne, Mr. McKenzie said that,' although things were not back to normal yet, conditions were fairly healthy at the present time. One really saw no signs of depression in the cities. Enormous crowds were to be seen in the'big shopping houses. Mr. i McKenzie was in Melbourne a week, and in that time there was only one,fine day. Some friends of his from New Zealand had been greatly disappointed, and as no improvement took place in the miserable weather they left for Queensland.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 1, 1 July 1935, Page 10
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342MANY FACTORIES Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 1, 1 July 1935, Page 10
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