WOMEN IN INDUSTRY
AUSTRALIA’S PLANS. CANBERRA, July 23. The Commonwealth Government is preparing plans to place thousands of additional women in industry. One , official estimate is that industry will |be employing 250,000 more women before the war ends. Most of these ■ women will release skilled men for war industries, and replace men who have enlisted. ’ Investigations disclosed that all reserves of skilled man-power are being rapidly exhausted. At least 50,000 skilled men will be needed for the new war factories alone this financial year. The man-power authorities fear that unless more women are placed in work soon. Australia will face a labour shortage. BRITISH REGISTRATION. RUGBY, Julv 22. All women born in 1916 will register at the office of the Ministry of Laboui’ on August 2, it was announced in London to-night.
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Grey River Argus, 24 July 1941, Page 6
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