MANY DIFFICULTIES
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) H _ DUNEDIN, This Day. ■ "There are many difficulties in the way, one of the greatest being the necessity for obtaining female labour," said Mr. G. W. Reid, secretary of the Dunedin Manufacturers' Association, when" commenting on the proposal to transfer men from public works into industry. With an increased number of men extra girls had to be employed, and the association had found it prac- _■ tically impossible tcr get anything like the number of girls required on past . occasions. Another difficulty was that • regarding the conditions under which the men would be allowed to enter other industries. Inexperienced men could not expect to be paid full wages while learning, and some arrangement, such as a Government subsidy or special under-rate permit, v.-ould have to be come to. It had been found that men who had been employed- on public works were disinclined to enter factories, and when forced to do so had not always been satisfactory to the employers. The suggested remedy for this was to make the pay and conditions less attractive than they are. The opinion of manufacturers was that it would be a considerable time yetbefor,e any plan could be drawn up. That 8000 men could be put into industry in ] six weeks was an impossibility, said
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 45, 23 February 1939, Page 14
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215MANY DIFFICULTIES Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 45, 23 February 1939, Page 14
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