THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES
SEASONAL EMPLOYMENT... •f', ! ■ ■ “X believe much of our unemploy*, mout is caused by the large, amount,of, seasonal labour, required in New Zea-i land by our agricultural industries,, and it is an impossibility for it to-i be otherwise,V said Mr F. Campbell, retiring president of the New Zealand, Manufacturers’ Federation, at Welling-, ton, “We can, however, help to alleviate unemployment by. developing, manufacturing industries which, dr: ing the off-season, absorb many of, these men, who, with a little training, , could become expert producers in var?.. ions factories. The trouble, it seems to me, is that both our imports arid exports are highest at the same periods, and production, both in agricultural and manufacturing industries-, reaches the peak about the same time. It may be that investigation and research can find some way to make things bal-, ance better.” ' : t.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 July 1930, Page 4
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