AUCKLAND INDUSTRIES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10716, 15 March 1911, Page 4

AUCKLAND INDUSTRIES.

•(Per Pkess Association.): . Auckland., March 14. ~ Tke'short.age_ of labor, to carry out work v offering in . Auckland was -.again - emphasised. at a .minting, of 'the; Aucklandl'Lndusjirial The 'secretary read a; letteri.wlrich lie had wrifjen "to, the PrimV Miiusife'r v dn the stated.. that' worfc was offering for oyer ,4do .'females' andrjabout the Prinre Minister .to ascertain idurmg his visit % England VwheWer the/ workers reguired' here are avaiMble" at' Some, arid be evolved which would" place■'siicli porters within reach of the -Ttlprlc Raiting for them here. The; greatest demand here was for woriieii. enghgfe'B" in tntel manufacture of clothing, etc. '-.; fl'he letter went oii to say that there was also a great ;dearth of. boy. and girl labor. In. reply, Sir Joseph;. Ward stated that he had. noted the Association's-repre-sentations, a lid if an opportunity occurred during his stay in England to ra'ake : inquiries in the direction indicated, he would be glad to do so. Mr B. Buttle, President of the Association, said there were about 500 vacancies in the Auckland trade, and he thought it was safe to say that there were between 2000 and 3000 vacancies in New Zealand factories: