LABOUR IN QUEENSLAND.
[SX TELEGRAPH. CORRESPONDENT.] ;. Wellington, ' Monday. • The secretary of the New Zealand Federated Builders' Association: (Mr. W. ;A. Grenfell) is in receipt of a cable from Mr. F. Ransom, secretary of the Queensland Master. Builders' Federation. Mr. Ransom, after inquiring whether any more .bricklayers were leaving for Queensland, states that the • recent intimation from the Brisbane Bricklayers' ; Union , regarding the state of the * local' market, was not accurate. One firm of ■?-.contractors in Brisbane had been wanting eight men for some time according to Mr. Ransom. • •" ' ' :'" " .■'
Mr. > Grenf ell, in conversation with a reporter, said that this should not induce a rush of local men to Queensland, as what with the tradesmen''who have left New Zealand, and arc ; ; leaving, the Queensland market should be well ■ supplied. / * -i * '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14016, 23 March 1909, Page 6
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