SECOND EDITION.
LABOUR AFTER THE WAR.
EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS.
MUCH ACTIVITY PREDICTED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 1 a.m.) LONDON. Jan. 10. Mr. J. Hodge, Minister for Labour, interviewed, said the Government was rapidly preparing a demobilisation scheme based on the report of the Demobilisation Committee. It was estimated that the army would demobilise 5000 men daily. He announced the reconstruction of the committee to investigate the matter of demobilisation of munition and other workers. He expected there would be plenty of employment after tho war. Th*; existing pressure was wearing out the machinery, and would necessitate renewal the moment peace came. Immense manufacture after the war, notably of locomotives and rails, was certain. There would be also a tremendous shipbuilding programme, which, coupled with the allied industries, would absorb several millions of men. There would be only a short interval between the cessation of the manufacture of munitions and the commencement of peace manufactures. There would be difficulty in obtaining sufficient labour for tho cotton, woollen, leather and building trades.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16435, 11 January 1917, Page 6
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