ADMITS LABOUR IS MAIN PROBLEM

Chronicle (Levin), 22 June 1946, Page 3

ADMITS LABOUR IS MAIN PROBLEM

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YET TALKS OF SPECTRE OF UNEMPLOYMENT 1 1

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C HKioTCH L RGH, June 21. " L'nless we cau have suMcieiit labour L it is liopeless to think that we can go j on developing industry. Bo side by side I with this development of industries in • : our country, we must study the further ' problein of ensuri'ng that we have suf- i : iicient workers, " said llou. H. G. Bulli- | van (Alinister of Industries and C0111- L merce) when he opened a new factory at New BrigTiton. "It is something we j will have to tackle and we will have to see for the sake of our country, that we j have sufficient workers for our indus- , tries. People here and overseas want to establish new iudustries and what 1 have tried to explain to these people is that tliey will certainly have difiiculties if tliey try to begiu. their establishments in the heart of cougested eentres j — if tliey persist in going iuto the Hutt , Yalley in Wellington and Penrose iu j Auckland, and otlier cougested areas. i If tliey would do as others have done i and go into the provincial towns or less cougested areas, tliey would lind tliey would have no great difficulty in getting the stalf required. A nuniber have tfilready done that and suceeeded in getting staff. Even so, we have gone ahead so rapidly and there is such a (lemand for products that we will still have the population problem and we* mig-ht as well facc up to it." . The last thing in the world he would i do would be to say anytliing that wouki j depreciate" or take away credit from | those wlio had developed the farming j industries," added Alr. Guilivan. Tlie primarv industries were magniiicent. However, the poiiit all must remeniber was that farming industries would not be sufficient to pro vide employment for all the people. "If we followed the advice of some people and refrained from the development of industry in this country, we would have an unemployiuent problem," said Alr. Bullivan. "We woulclnot have enougli work for sons and daughters of tlie people living 011 farms. The development of secoudary industries is, absolutely essential and inescapable if we are going to have 'a prosperous coniiminity and wages and employment for our people and returned serviceinen particularly. ' ' Orders were pouring in t'rom overseas for goods New Zealftnd exported to the far eastern su[iply group and others during the war and goods were beiug sent to Tndia, Burma and Gliina, he said. Iuquiries conlinued to eome and it was going to be a job to keep up with requests .from overseas. * 'll