STEADY TRADE REVIVAL

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3842, 4 December 1936, Page 7

STEADY TRADE REVIVAL

CONVINCING EVIDENCE. NEED FOR INCREASED STAFFS (Special to Courier.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. The spirit of the rapidly oncoming Christmas and New Year seasons has already reached deeply into business of all kinds in the Dominion, and while many employers have already made preparations for the additional staffs that will be required, others probably prefer to wait until the eve of the buying rush and then arrange their staffing needs to accord with their judgment of the probable volume of holiday time business. This cautious practice has been essential during the past six years, large numbers of people having neither the inclination nor the cash fittingly to celebrate the old age custom and the birth of the new year. That business conditions in the Dominion are showing steady improvement is amply illustrated by recent statistical data. The circulation of bank notes has touched levels higher than any previously recorded. During October the note circulation averaged £7,848,675, the highest monthly average yet recorded in this country. The implications of this fact are momentous. It means that, with money circulating more freely than ever before, the industries catering for local consumption will be busier than ever.

Already there exists a definite shortage in certain skilled trades, and the time is ripe for employers to staff their factories and shops and warehouses, their counting houses and their executive offices so that they will be prepared to meet the certain demand that will be made for the products handled in their businesses. Having planned for the possibility of this tremendous business revival, the State Placement Service is fully equipped to deal with the staff needs of practically every variety of business in the Dominion. The occupational register contains a list of approximately 580 occupations, representatives of which are enrolled at the 23 placement offices throughput the Dominion. The services of the staffs of these offices are free to all who need them. Their systematic co-ordination irom Spirits Bay to Stewart Island, plus the helpful co-operation of the employers of the Dominion, has already resulted in the provision of private work for over 16,000 men. With business extending in every direction, many other thousands of workers will be needed, and it is claimed by its administrative officers that the placement service is prepared to handle all demands that may be made upon it.