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U.K. TEXTILE INDUSTRY PRODUCTION RETARDED (P.A.) AUCKLAND, Dec. 4. It will probably be 18 months to two years before there is a real (low of textile manufactures from Britain on the pre-war basis, according to Mr. Charles Hale, Christchurch, textile importer, who returned this morning in the Gothic Star from a business trip to the United Kingdom. The textile industry in Britain was mdergoing big changes with the introduction of the 40-hour week and there was an acute labour shortage, lie said. The man-power did not seem to be returning to the mills in Britain, which were old and not attractive to workers who enjoyed good conditions during the war years. A shortage of staff in the spinning departments was causing a serious bottle-neck. The coal shortage was affecting the textile industry because nearly all the Yorkshire mills depended on it.
The textile executives did not seem opposed to the nationalisation of the coal mines.
The coal miners’ union in Britain was not being helpful, Mr. Hale added. It was opposing U.S.A. and Polish labour in the mines, although there were many Poles in England who had nothing to do and were quite prepared to enter the mines.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22196, 5 December 1946, Page 4
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