THERE TO STAY

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 174, 10 August 1937, Page 3

THERE TO STAY

Onr ■ Own ;Correspondent.)

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CHEXSTCHUBCH,: Last Night. . "When the" Labour' Government camp into ofi|ce 18 mpnths ago, in the last days of ihe depression, ,tho..iob was not easy. - Th'ere -werc" glpomy; faces every: whpre. •- Within - an hPur there was a change. for the better. Within a'month the outlook wasventirely diif erent. ' 5 So| said the Hon. P. C. 'Webb, when opening an*- address * to a citizens' meeting at -the "Pier Hall, JSTew Brighton. Mr Webb added that he did not think any f uture . Government would daro to attempt ' to repeal ' any of the legislation the -Labour". Government had put on the Statute • Book. There was no criticism" of Labour policy worth taking notice" pf. Mr Webb said that as a result of the ilon T. Armstrong's work as Minister oi Labour in the cause of lmmanity and of ihe workers, and of other activities of the Government, £15,000,000 more a year was; being received by the workers in wagcs.- . The Government had been faced with the nightmare of fmding work for the boj's and, giris leaving sehool, but already the number of appientices had increased fipm 3000 to 7000, and, it was hoped, would reaeh tho 10,000 mark by the end of the year. ' » ''To-day thqre is no' unemployment *am'ong boys and giris leaving sehool,' • eontinued Mr Webb. In fact, tho vast , miiuber leaving sehool too soon and becoming ' apprenticed was_ alarming. The standard of houses being built •by tho Government for tho workers -WUE higher than that in any othei* part of tlie world, and tho 1100 meu employed , in building thcm could be t'.cij bled if skilled workers were available. There were in the Domiuion 500u men 'wlio missed learning a biisinesf thiough the depression, and a ;scheme . was . being • evolved where by they oould become skilled workmen. VABlCpSB ULCEI1S. Varex treatraent insufes pernianont cure. Safe, inexpensive. Free- booldet from Ernest Pealey, Pharmaeeutieal Cheniist, Varex ' Ltd., Bbx =155SE; Wellington. Loeal , Representative: Knight's Pharmacy, 120 Heretaunga Street, Hastings. *'