FACTORY LABOUR.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 158, 5 June 1940, Page 2

FACTORY LABOUR.

appeal to women and girls. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, June 4. A further appeal to women and girls experienced in the work of woollen mills and clothing factories who can do so to go back to the factories, so that the country can continue to provide the ever-increasing quantities of clothing and uniforms for the equipment of the troops and airmen, was made by the Minister of Supply (Hon. D. G. Sullivan) in an address to-night. Mr Sullivan said many; had responded to the first call he had made and he thanked them sincerely, hut many more were, wanted. “I have had a request from those in the' footwear trade that I should make an appeal to women and girls experienced as machinists in the footwear industry to come forward also and offer their services,” Mr Sullivan said. "One factory in Wellington alone can increase its production of/boots by 1500 pairs a week if they can get girl and women machinists. v AVOIDANCE OF WASTE.

"To eliminate or to avoid waste is very necessary when constant supplies of essential goods are assured, but in the circumstances of war conditions when maintenance of supplies is a constant anxiety it becomes an imperative necessity,” sai'd Mr Sullivan. "The Government has decided that this matter must receive the attention its importance undoubtedly warrants. The success of. the effort will entirely depend upon the co-operation of all the people in the Dominion, and on that basis I am confident we can expect complete success in the least time possible. “The value of waste material discarded,- implements, fittings, and apparatus which can be found abfut so many homes, . shops, factories, and farms, may seem negligible in itself, but in the aggregate waste in its many forms will provide raw material for new production of very considerable proportions and value at a time when some raw materials for much-needed production are, or arc likely to be, in short supply.” ;