IMMIGRANTS AND THE LABOUR MARKET.
AUCKLAND, Sept. 9.
The officials of the Labour Bureau are busily engaged in attempting to place in situations immigrants who arrived in Auckland by the Oswestry Grange. Over seventy immigrants have left the vessel here, and when the 179 have landed at Wellington from the lonic with the intention of proceeding to Auckland, the city's population will have been temporarily increased by 250 during a period of ten days. The Bureau received advices to-day thai of the. assisted passenger&»by the lonic travelling to Auckland .eight are farmers. There will be little difficulty in placing these men, for the demand for milkers and ploughmen is greater than the supply at present.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13748, 10 September 1908, Page 2
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115IMMIGRANTS AND THE LABOUR MARKET. Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13748, 10 September 1908, Page 2
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