THE BOOT INDUSTRY.
The boot industry throughout the Dominion, at the present time, it is complained, suffers from a decided shortage of female hands. On the occasion of the last advance made in the wages given to female hands the wages were fixed at a standard above those given to tailoresses, with the object of attracting hands to the boot industry, but it did not attract them in the slightest. As to importing female labour from the Home country, that is not regarded by some employers as likely t) solve'the prevailing difficulty. The experiene of a Christchurch firm which had imported a number of hands from England has been anything but gratifying, and there is not likely to be a repetition of the venture.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9165, 13 August 1908, Page 4
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124THE BOOT INDUSTRY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9165, 13 August 1908, Page 4
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