SCHEME THIRTEEN
OLDER MEN TO STAY ON MUST TAKE THE WORK OFFERING CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 12. “Most of the men remaining on Scheme 13 are more than 50 years of age, and capable of giving good service, and the Government is calling on them to go to jobs where their services are needed most,” said the Minister of Labour, Hon. P. C. Webb. Since the outbreak of war, New Zealand’s manpower had been reduced enormously, Mr. Webb said. This meant that all men left must be prepared to undertake employment of a national character, and men would be supplied on jobs where they were needed. Two hundred vacancies existed in the linen flax industry in the South Island, and it wau essential that these should be filled as early as possible. "To reduce hardship to a minimum, men under 50 years of age in classes B and C will be the first called on to fill vacancies in other forms of employment. If sufficient men are not available from these sources, the other classes will be called on till every essential job’ has been filled. Every case of real hardship will be investigated, but all men employed on Scheme 13 must realise that unless they are prepared to do tne work that is offering they can no longer remain employed on subsidised work.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 37, 13 February 1941, Page 6
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