SEASONAL WORKERS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23517, 4 June 1938, Page 8

SEASONAL WORKERS

EMPLOYMENT TO BE FOUND GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION (Peb United Pbess Association) HAMILTON, June 3. That he was co-operating with the Minister of Labour (Mr H. T. Armstrong) and the Minister of Public Works (Mr R. Semple) in an effort to arrange work for seasonal workers now unemployed was a statement made by the Minister of Mines (Mr P. C. Webb) when he visited Hamilton. Mr Webb attended a conference with engineers of the Public Works Department and local counties. The object of the meeting was to ascertain if there was any suitable work to be put in hand. It was the Government’s desire that all men able to work should be provided with suitable labour, As a result of the conference, work would be made available for every ablebodied man, the class of work to be approved by the engineers concerned. It was hoped to provide labour for other works. “ The unemployment position throughout New Zealand is such that a number of seasonal workers have no employment, and our desire is to provide them with it. The position is much better than in other years, but we are not satisfied with only an improvement.” Mr Armstrong is investigating the position in Auckland, and, when he has finished, it is expected that there will be no unemployment in that district. In the Bay of Plenty and Hawke’s Bay areas, the matter has been attended to most effectively.