SHORTAGE OF LABOUR.
HAMPERED TAILORS. • Melbourne, July 5. Representatives of several tailoring firms gave evidence that trade had been seriously hampered ow-, ing to the scarcity of hands, and much business refused in conse-; quence. One witness said that in recent years there had been a large increase of general prosperity. The people were wearing more and bet-; ter clothes. Since the introduction ' of Federation and imposition of duties, industries had made great strides. New industries were rapidly springing up. even with the I largely increased labour supply; there was no fear of over-produc-; tion within the next ten years.
THE DEMAND EXISTS
(Received 6, 8.35 a.m.) ' Melbourne, July 6. ■ At the Conference between the i acting-Premier, manufacturers, and Trades Hall representatives on the question of shortage of labour, the manufacturers submitted statistics showing that the factories could provide work for an additional 1198 men and 2058 women. , The Trades Hall representatives admitted there was a shortage in some trades, but contended that there was no need to import labour. The acting-Premier considered the demand existed, and would be best met by obtaining selected immigrants.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBTRIB19110706.2.7
Bibliographic details
Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 171, 6 July 1911, Page 1
Word Count
185SHORTAGE OF LABOUR. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 171, 6 July 1911, Page 1
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Hawke's Bay Tribune. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in