SHORTAGE OF LABOUR.
Sydney, June 28. Before the Commission, a costume manufacturer, referring to the difficulty of securing apprentices, said he would willingly pay s'l weekly above the award rates right through slack and busy times to get apprentices. He had to turn customers away owing to the difficulty of getting labour. Mr. Ross, bottle manufacturer, declared that he could double his trade if the labour was available. One witness declared that the real cause of the shortage was through girls marrying.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 164, 28 June 1911, Page 1
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82SHORTAGE OF LABOUR. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 164, 28 June 1911, Page 1
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