FACTORIES BEING SHIFTED TO SOUTH ISLAND

Chronicle (Levin), 1 March 1947, Page 5

FACTORIES BEING SHIFTED TO SOUTH ISLAND

SHORTAGE OF MANFOWEK, AND ELECTRICITY invercargill, Feh. as. •'Be-ame of th* serimis shortage o eleitri.* p.jvver in the A'ortli lsland an the aiarmiiig extent to whi-di laboui short agcs are aiVert iiig not'iliern factories there was aever a more oppor- , tuni' tiiee lor the Hoiitlt lsland to j^ain . in the raee for ii"w industries, ' ' said' Hir .lanies Flet. iier, of Aiudclatid, .•liairiiian of direolors of tlotcher Iloldinys I.iinited, in an interview Sir daiees said oue of Flet.dlor Llold in^s' sul.sidiaries was definitely sliittiu^ its operat ioiis froni W ellington to oi e of the southern cities entirely because of the shortage of nianpower, and a nitniber of Xorth lsland Jirtns were ciiniuiitted to the erection of factoi'ies in the South 'lsland. Labour shortages in Wellington and Auckland could be euiinte.l in tliousauds. Sir .lanies expressed tlie ojiinion that tlie supply of Jiuilding materials would he more ilitticult tliis year than since tlie oulbretik of war. Tlie Lend-Lease goods had all been used and New Ze^ land was now dependent 011 supplies priiicipally froni Australia. The short - ages were likely to continue because of tlie rednced production in Austi'alin and sliipping diHicuities.