BUILDING WORKERS
PARTY OF AUSTRALIANS IN WELLINGTON. CONDITIONS IN TWO COUNTRIES COMPARED. (By Telesraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, March 14. Thirty-eight men arrived by the Wanganella to engage in the building trade in New Zealand. All are from New South Wales. They are mostly carpenters and painters, with, a few bricklayers. The majority are single and several, interviewed, said they would return to Australia if conditions in New Zealand did not appeal to them. One said the response to New Zealand’s call was the result of a lull in building on the other side of the Tasman, but he believed building would receive a stimulus in Australia within six months and he and companions had no doubt of getting work there in future if they returned. Another said the wages offering in New Zealand were lower than in Australia, and if wet weather cut down their hours and wages he did not think many would remain in New Zealand. The men were met by a placement officer and he drafted them to positions immediately. Some will probably go to the State housing scheme, but others expressed a wish to secure employmen t on larger building proj ects.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 March 1939, Page 2
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