SKILLED MEN WANTED
MILL OWNER'S DIFFICULTY [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] GISBORNE, Thursday A statement that a timber mill which he had opened at Motuhora might have to be closed on account of a shortage of skilled labour was made to-day by Mr. F. W. Peddle. -He explained that he kept operations going at a heavy financial cost to himself. Unless labour problems were solved in the near future he would have to shut down the mill, a step he was reluctant to take, as it would mean the loss of employment to approximately 20 men. Skilled labour was not obtainable for the mill, said Mr. Peddle. He hail applied to the State Placement Service, which had made inquiries throughoutthe Dominion without success.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23072, 24 June 1938, Page 12
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