V Dunedin carpenter informed n <! Star” reporter that-over n hundred carpenters from Great Britain have reported themselves to the local branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners during the past two years. He spoke well of the •immigrants, both as regards their competency as workers and their dualities as men. He mentioned that the men were eager to work and anxious to “settle down” in New Zealand. As the rules of the society stipulate that 10s per week shall be payed to unemployed members, local carpenters were ready to help the arrivals to got work.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2280, 27 August 1908, Page 3
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