"There is a great, shortage of labor for all ('lasses of employment associated with building," a New Zealand Times' reporter was informed. "Many essential industries are seriously handicapped just now, and there does not appear to be any silver lining to the cloud. In some instances, I hel.eve, carpenters are dispensing with the contractors and are entering into open competition with them. In small and not intricate jobs some are working on the co-operative principle, and with the high prices ruining for labor, are apparently doing ■«atisfactorily" '
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 October 1919, Page 12
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87Page 12 Advertisements Column 3 Taranaki Daily News, 25 October 1919, Page 12
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