JOB FOR THE BOY

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 772, 19 September 1929, Page 11

JOB FOR THE BOY

BUSINESS MEN DEPLORE PRESENT POSITION EFFECT OF QUOTA SYSTEM “In my opinion a boy has a right to learn any trade he wishes to in * a e< \s COUr ! try such as this " sai d said Mr. J. A. C. Allum at this afternoons meeting of the Chamber of Commerce. . r ‘ A Uum said no b °y Should be denied the chance to learn a trade provided he was not exploited to the detriment of journeymen. The reISmi,r Were Prompted by a proposed remit from the chamber to the forthcoming Conference of Associated Chambers of Commerce, which was approved. The remit was as follows: That this conference deplores the present tendency for the ideas of the youth of the community to be directed toward professional pursuits, and welcomes the movement that has been made an educational circles and by the Government to direct the thoughts suits ” rlslns generation to farm purMr. W. J. Boucher said too many w ere apprenticed to trades and not to agriculture. The trouble of placing boys Mr Allum remarked, did not begin in the technical or secondary schools but when the time came for their apprenticeships. It was impossible to help boys tinder the present conditions To the chairman, Mr. H. T. Merritt the secretary, Dr. E. £*. Neale said the recent apprenticeship conference had not thought fit to assist the position la 3 tions mendmS apprenticeship reguA Member: The district quota is the trouble. When the quota is full an employer cannot increase the unmber ot his apprentices.