WORK FOR BOYS
LABOUR'dEPARTMENT’S EFFORTS. JUVENILE EXCHANGE SYSTEM. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, January 12. The Minister of Labour (the Hon. W A. Veitch) issued a statement that the Department of Labour has already endeavoured throughout its various branches to establish exchanges through which particulars of boys leaving school and desiring employment were obtained and employers requiring the services of boys were invited to apply for labour they might require. The response from the employers to the invitations issued had so far been very small. The reason no doubt was due to the trade depression. Moreover, it was understood that most of) the employers had their own waiting lists of boys and made .their own engagements direct. \ It was thought, however, that a comprehensive system should, if possible, be instituted by means of establishment of Juvenile Labour Employment Exchanges, and the Department had been instructed to make inquiries accordingly. ■ , Voluntary organizations that had been interesting themselves such as the chambers of commerce, Rotary, and Y.M.C.A. etc., will be invited to co-operate with the Departmental officers in setting up local committees. ' _____
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Southland Times, Issue 20692, 14 January 1929, Page 8
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180WORK FOR BOYS Southland Times, Issue 20692, 14 January 1929, Page 8
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