LOSS OF MAN-POWER.
THE EFFECTS OF THE WAR. SOME STRIKING FIGURES. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. Referring to immigration in the course of a speech in the House of Representatives to-night, the Hon. W. Nosworthy said the loss of man power through the effects of the war between 1014 and 1019 totalled approximately 5’5,900, made up by the following calculation: Loss of direct immigration owing to Its interruption through the war, 29,203; total deaths of soldiers in the war, 10,088; twenty-five per cent, of the wounded totally disabled, 10,000; aggregate, 55,891.
The Minister said the country was as good as any in world, but it was useless for immigrants to come here expecting to get wages equal to the highest paid during the war period. There was less unemployment in New Zealand than in any other country. The people must face the conditions as they were; if the times were bad men should be prepared to accept less in the meantime and earn a living, instead of joining the unemployed ranks.
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 September 1921, Page 4
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172LOSS OF MAN-POWER. Taranaki Daily News, 30 September 1921, Page 4
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