BRITISH WORKMEN SCARCE.
. ———♦ BUT GOOD- TYPE OF ALIENS OFF El?. That his linn• had great trouble in securing suitable .British-born workmen, while some of the foreigners who w.ere offering were of a good type, was stated by Mr. A. S. Hoskins, director of Hoskins, Ltd., at the annual ironworkers’ picnic at Bathurst, N.S. W . He added that the firm was determined to give preference to Australian workmen, and afterwards to British subjects. America was taking definite steps with regard to aliens, and if Australia was not very careful she would get the undesirable surplus. The speaker hinted that there was industrial trouble looming at the works. The Hoskins family, he contended, did not pay themselves dividends, but wanted to see industry develop.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 10 March 1925, Page 10
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122BRITISH WORKMEN SCARCE. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 10 March 1925, Page 10
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