No Shortage Of Labour
WELLINGTON, Tue. (P.A.)—Freezing works in the Wellington district, in fact throughout the North Island, are finding the labour position much easier this season, with the sole exception of Waitara works. There is a shortage of certain classes of workers but not a serious one. National Employment Service officials cannot explain the sudden influx of labour this year, unless the continued closing of schools is accepted as a reason. It is known that since the days when school teachers and university students were directed into essential labour during, vacations, many of them rpw (return Voluntarily to ,do the same work. The extra long vacation this year is thought to be a reason why more hands than usual are offering. The position at Waitara is thought to be due to the inability of workers to find accommodation there.
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Northern Advocate, 13 January 1948, Page 4
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140No Shortage Of Labour Northern Advocate, 13 January 1948, Page 4
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