SHORTAGE OF LABOUR.
SERIOUS POSITION IN SYDNEY. Sydney, June 27. Before the Labour Shortage Commission a costume manufacturer, referring to the difficulty of securing apprentices, said ho would willingly pay live shillings weekly above tijo award rates right through the slack and busy times to get apprentices. He had to turn customers away owing to the difficulty of getting labour. Ross, a bottle manufacturer, declared that ho could double his trade if labour were available. One witness declared that the shortage was through girls marrying.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 107, 28 June 1911, Page 5
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