UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM, A SOLUTION.
The problem of unemployment during the winter months is engaging the attention of most.of the civilised countries of the world.
N.Z. Perpetual Forests Ltd. are assisting in its solution in New Zealand with their 200 square miles of softwood plantations. The maintenance of these areas, and the planting of further areas, requires the services of approximately 1000 men during the winter season, anil necessitates the paying of nearly £IOO,OOO per annum in wages. When pulp and paper-making mills are established the nasbber of men and women .employed will naturally be increased by several thousand.*
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17454, 31 December 1930, Page 12
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98UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM, A SOLUTION. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17454, 31 December 1930, Page 12
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