SCARCE AND IN DEMAND
-EXPERT COACHBUILDEHS. A good deal was said at the Military Service Board in Wellington yesterday about tlie importance and the scarcity of coaclibuilders. . Among those who gave evidence on these subjects was Mr. G. J. W. Wale, secretary of the Coachworkers' Union. Mr. Wale said expert coachworkers wero in great demiind, and practically • • could not be obtained. Mr, Cooper, S.M. (Chairman of the Board): Is it possible for an ordinary , blacksmith to, be converted into a 'coachsmith? - Sir. Wale: He would be absolutely useless in a coachsmith's shop. _ Mr. Cooper: How long would it take to convort an adaptablo man ? Mr. Wale: It could not bo douo under three years. Mr: Cooper: And would it bo necessary to have a coachsmith working with him during that time?
Mr. Walo: Yes. Mr. Wale added tliafc at the present time it was absolutely impossible to get coachsmiths. Ho had had tolegrams from various parts of the. country, and there were advertisements in the papers for them. Recently lie had been through New Zealand, and had pathered from the other secretaries that there wero 110 coachsmiths out-of work; tliero'was a big shortage of them..:
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2963, 29 December 1916, Page 1
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195SCARCE AND IN DEMAND Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2963, 29 December 1916, Page 1
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