BAKERS RETAINED
LONG AUCKLAND LIST DEMANDS ON INDUSTRY fP y ) AUCKLAND, June 4. A long list of -Auckland bakers anneal;: was adjourned sine die -by the Armed Forces Appeal Boat cl to-day. . . ~ „ Mr. R. S. Harrop, secretary of the Wader Baker:.:’ Association, said that Auckland 'had experienced a larger increase in the demand for bie«a than anv other part of the Dominion. This was duo A ti'.e size of the anncc. forces here, in addition to a heavy demand from shops and restaurants. Men were being retained woo normni'iv would go out of the bakehouses through age" or inefficiency. To-aay ihere were jiracUcaily no apprentices. 'Ahem second-hand machinery was advertised for sale there was a scramble for it. Women were employed as fai a.-, uomiblc cm delivery rounds, but they did not total more than 10 per cem of the roundsmen, as the strain was 100 rreat for a large number to take uo the work, home returned men. oi men released by the army, baa been Wed in the industry, but were unaolo ;o stand uo to the work. Sixty hours ;i week were being; worked m the bakehouses.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21113, 5 June 1943, Page 4
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190BAKERS RETAINED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21113, 5 June 1943, Page 4
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