APPRENTICESHIP REGULATIONS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 3 May 1923, Page 7

APPRENTICESHIP REGULATIONS.

** O.t Ml**— PRESS AcauUlA'i'lGN—COVYHlaiii j Received May 3, 10.55 a.m. ! "SYDNEY, May 3. : The Master Builders' Association has applied to the Board of Trade for the jnbaification of the apprenticeship regulations governing bricklaying. It was jointed out that in some instances only 3J5 per cent, of the skilled labour required was obtainable, indirectly con- . tributing to the shortage of housing. : The supervisor of the city railway ; .gave evidence that work on the rail- . way was done in cement on account of the excessive demand for work which be done in brick. The association suggested that the regulations should be amended so as to allow of adults being apprenticed as slow workers. The chairman, Mr. Beeby, adjourned the hearing until the * 14th. .Representatives of the association and -the union are to endeavour to profound a scheme in the meantime.