KILLING INDUSTRY.
rinouneing that they have been compelled to give up the canning of dessert aivd pie fruits ~t<his season, the Friniley Canning Company say: "The Labour question is at the present moment a serious consideration, as affecting every manufacturing industry in the Dominion. The wages paid to the workers are now oO per cent, higher than when we first starttil in tho canning industry, and the. scarcity of labour in the case of young people at ages from 16 to 21 years is most remarkable and disconcerting. Added to that the shortness of hours of work, and prohibitive price we are compelled to pay for working overtime when the fruit season is in full swing, has influenced us to this decision."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 17 January 1913, Page 4
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122KILLING INDUSTRY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 17 January 1913, Page 4
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