ARTISANS FROM ENGLAND
FIFTY UNDER CONTRACT OTHERS SEEKING JOBS (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. In addition to 50 immigrant English artisans under contract to the Government, who arrived by tile Rangitane from London yesterday, there were 40 more who came of their own volition to seek employment. In the entire party there were only a few unskilled labourers, while the trades of the majority ranged from building, farm work and electrical mechanics to machining and architecture.
Seventeen painters, plumbers and plasterers left for Wellington by train last night, but the remainder will be absorbed here.
“There is a job open to. every tradesman in the party,” said the placement officer, Mr. J. R. Elsbury.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19390825.2.127
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20025, 25 August 1939, Page 12
Word Count
115ARTISANS FROM ENGLAND Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20025, 25 August 1939, Page 12
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in