AUSTRALIAN WORKMEN.
SOME FOR PALMERSTON NORTH. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND. March 28. Another large party of Australian tradesmen arrived at Auckland today. Among them were 36 carpenters under contract to the Government for its housing scheme. They will mostly he distributed between Whangarei, Hamilton, Palmerston North and New Plymouth. In addition to these men there were also a large number who said they had come to New Zealand in the hope of finding work. They included 10 carpenters, three builders’ labourers, two bricklayers, two motor mechanics, one farm labourer, and about six clerks and a sidesman. All the men were met on arrival hv officers of the State Placement Service, and those with contracts were told where they were to go. Several of the other skilled men were also offered work immediately.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 101, 29 March 1939, Page 8
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132AUSTRALIAN WORKMEN. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 101, 29 March 1939, Page 8
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