From 1500 to 2000'females could be absorbed in the shoe manufacturing trade immediately if they were available. His firm alone could take- 50, said Mr. H. O. Pittendrigh, at a meeting of the Council of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce last night, when, immigration was being discussed. The fact was- that -secondary industries in Ne-w Zealand had been short of female labour for years, said Mr. Pittendrigh. His firm had a standing advertisement, and a month had gone by on occasions without a single applicant. Czechoslovakia was- highly industrialised and would' have trained operatives in certain manufacturing pursuits.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 19 July 1939, Page 5
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