WOMEN WORKERS
AUSTRALIA'S NEEDS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, March 31. A meeting of manufacturers discussed the question of the,shortage of female labor. Several stated that they were prepared to start large numbers of hands, but they were all unavailable. One declared that Sydney and Melbourne between them could absorb five thousand gir! '-mployees. One firm had orders for forty 'housand garments, and no hope of fillin- f hem, owing to the dearth of hands. T' - ' manufacturers were willing to increa.se -•'res 5 per cent. The meeting "solved, to ask the Government to assis! in bringing out girl immigrants, who v." ''ld be guaranteed regular work at the ruling rate of wages.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 267, 1 April 1911, Page 5
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111WOMEN WORKERS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 267, 1 April 1911, Page 5
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