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Grey River Argus, 19 April 1929, Page 6

(i I know of 20 boys who have just left school, or who are wanting to leave, who would jump at the chanca of getting a job in my office at £1 a week,” observed a Blenheim business man to the “Express,” when discussing a shortage of openings for boys desiring indoor ocupations. He add !td that trade apprenticeships were L-lso scarce, all the available vacanicies having been f«.»d, and boys were »;:co jn» c ring the utmost difficulty in finding suitable positions. The only way the problem could be met, h« Ift It, was by placing farm apprenticeships on a similar basis to tae trader |j.nd in a district like this, giving education a more direct bias towards agricultural training. New Zealand bovs. he contended., should be trained and provided with an incentive, in tha shape of permanent employment, with regular wage increases, to, gq in for farm work. Then there wou no need to bring farm lads iut F- °m F ngland.