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BATCH OF 38 ARRIVES WORK IN DOMINION NEW SOUTH WALES LULL (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Thirty-eight men arrived by the Wanganella to engage in the building trade in New Zealand. All are from New South Wales. They are mostly carpenters and painters, with a lew bricklayers. The majority are single and several who were interviewed, said . they would return to Australia if conditions in New Zealand did not appeal to them. One said that the response to New Zealand’s call was the result of a lull in'building on the other side, but he believed that building would receive a stimulus in Australia within six months and he and his companions had no doubt about getting work there in the future if they returned. Another man said that the wages 'offering in New Zealand were lower than in Australia and it wet weather cut down their hours and wages, he did not think many would remain in New Zealand. The men were met by a placement officer and will be drafted to positions immediately. Some will probably go to the State housing scheme but’ others expressed a wish to secure employment on larger building projects.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19886, 14 March 1939, Page 6
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