A total of 105 men applied for tho position of meter-reader in the Timaru Municipal electricity department, the final selection for which was made by the Borough Council recently. The applications came from as far abroad as Auckland and Dunedin, and the variety of occupations which the applicants formerly followed tells its own pathetic story of unemployment. Returned soldiers who sought tho position numbered 22, married men 32, single men 3S and others 13. Among the applications arc clerk, painter, bandsman, plumber, draper, storeman, valet, motor driver, mechanic, motor trimmer, salesman, gardener, carpenter, superannuated postal official, accountant, butcher, engineer and draughtsman, restaurant manager, lift operator, cloth designer and bricklayer.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7241, 22 August 1933, Page 7
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