HITCH SUGGESTED
MELBOURNE TRADESMEN FOR NEW ZEALAND. Received March 7, 1 a.m. MELBOURNE, March 6. The demands of some Melbourne unions for the payment of fares and travelling time both ways for men engaged on building work in New Zealand may cause a hitch in the engagement of men here. Officials of the unions conferred with Mr. Hodgens to-day and Mr. Hodgens is interviewing applicants to-morrow. The Melbourne Herald to-night published a letter from Wellington signed by an ex-Melbournian warning tradesmen against living costs in New Zealand and stating that the rent of a four-roomed old wooden house was at least £3 a week. The writer says he is earning £8 a week as a salesman and advises tradesmen earning £5 in Melbourne not to come to New Zealand for less than £lO a week.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 55, 7 March 1939, Page 7
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135HITCH SUGGESTED Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 55, 7 March 1939, Page 7
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