SCARCITY OF LABOUR.
(JONTKACTORS AND MEN UK- | GENTLY NEL'IDKD. There is every likelihood thai a great scarcity of labour will be experienced in the district between now and the winter months. Contractors Hi,d labourers of all kinds are m demand, and unb'ss the um-neet.sl tun;. up hi the near future Sic position will 1„. -crious. Without the ordinary ,-,. venues of the Hurough Council and ,he Waitomo County Council and the ..utorjiriMf of our ciikvus, the large .nun v( *.'.','■!, nun is available tor o:<pen,|iture, and' is made up ™ follows: e llorough Council ... "O.ODO Waitomo County Council ... lk>,ootl Coverument Uond Works ... 1»,<)00 Railway Department ... «,000 tJovernment grand to be -pent by County Council ... iV'UU Total .- liesides, the above it is estimated that. 2(1,0(1(1 acres of bush have been frlled throughout the district, all of which will have to be grt.s ;ed and the greater part, of it fenced m the immediate future;. Men for all kinds of farm work are !,<,-,[,.? inquired for and farmers are oxpJrieneing much dilliculty in procuring a suitable, class of men.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 334, 4 February 1911, Page 5
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173SCARCITY OF LABOUR. King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 334, 4 February 1911, Page 5
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