DEMAND FOR SKILLED LABOUR
MR WEBB QUOTES FIGURES
(United Press Association)
WELLINGTON, January 15. Figures emphasizing the extent of the demand for skilled labour in New Zealand were quoted by the Minister of Labour (the Hon. P. C. Webb) discussing in an interview his desire that the apprenticeship laws should be overhauled by the industries affected. “New Zealand is in need of 10,000 trained builders alone,” the Minister said. “There is £18,000,000 worth of public .buildings waiting to be constructed and according to departmental reports every one is necessary work. We are 20,000 houses short and we require to build at least 6000 to meet the growing demands and the depreciation of old buildings.” The overhaul of the apprenticeship laws was one of the first questions he would ask employers and workers on industrial advisory councils now being set up to consider*
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Southland Times, Issue 23717, 16 January 1939, Page 8
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