RAILWAY WORKSHOPS
PROBATIONER APPRENTICES ALL VACANCIES FILLED «United I'reßs ABEouiationl CHRISTCHURCH, 22nd January. More boys than can be accepted at present are applying for apprenticeships in the railway workshops of the Dominion, the Minister of Railways, Mr Sullivan, said to-day. ‘‘When the shops resumed work after the holidays,” the Minister said, “155 lads were taken on as probationer apprentices at the Otahuhu, Woburn, Addington and Hillside workshops. There was a fairly large waiting list and the boys engaged were selected in order of priority of application and on their educational qualifications.” Mr Sullivan said he regretted that openings could not be found at the shops for more boys who had just left school. The majority of the applicants desired to be fitters or turners—a preference which showed a natural bent for mechanical engineering. The new apprentices who proved to be competent and otherwise suitable at the termination of their six months’ probation would be indentured for five years except in the case of plumbers, who underwent six years’ apprenticeship.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 23 January 1939, Page 2
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