FEW APPRENTICE CHEMISTS
Fall In Supply Since 1934 (United Press Association) DUNEDIN, February 15. “The position is acute and the health authorities are very concerned about it,” said Mr Race, a member of the New Zealand Pharmacy . Planning Committee, when giving evidence before the Armed Forces Appeal Board on the shortage of chemists. “If an epidemic broke out, the pharmacies would be very hard pressed to cope with it,” he said. “No qualified chemists are available in New Zealand today. The same applies to unqualified 'chemists. The position in regard to future chemists is almost worse. In 1934 the number of apprentice chemists was 63, but there was a gradual decline until, in 1938, there were only 32. Each year since then the supply of potential qualified chemists has fallen. The position is most serious.”
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Southland Times, Issue 24362, 17 February 1941, Page 4
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