ESSENTIAL WORK

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 91, 14 August 1942, Page 5

ESSENTIAL WORK

TRADES AMD SERVICES

ADDITIONS TO LIST

Several' important additions to the list df industries and undertakings declared essential have been announced by the Minister of Indus tries and Commerce (Mr McLagan). They are? "All clothing factories employing not less than 12 factory workers (except in respect -of millinery factories); bakeries.- of all' pastrycook establishment's-; the plumbing trade, and all Government Departments. The need for conserving the available labour in many industries, trades and serviecs indirectly connected with the war effort was becoming increasingly apparent and necessitated the extension of deela<rations to many industries and services, said Mr MeLagan. The necessity for maintaining the production of military and essential civili ian clothing would be obvious. It would also be obvious that t'lie plumbing trade must be protected' as much as possible so as to ensure the adequate maintenance of sanitary and general plumbing services.

Bakers, generally, continued Mr McLagan, are experiencing the utmost. difficulty in meeting the demand for pies, cakes and other small goods. The demand is definitely increasing mainly because more and more people are having meals away from home and because many married women are unable for various reasons to do their own cookiiig. Bread bakers have already been declared essential, and it was considered that there is every justification for extending the coverage to pas-

trycooks. Military service call-ups had made it difficult to maintain , the usual State services. Mr McLagan explained that where temporary civil servants wished to transfer to work of greater importance outside of the Public Service, their cases would be 'given sympathetic consideration by man-power officers.