Instances of carelessness and ignorance among employers of youths seeking apprenticeships in trades were reported to the Boys’ Employment Committee in Christchurch. Dr H. E. Field, the chairman, said that there were a few cases where boys had taken on work on the understanding that they would become apprentices after the usual probationary period of three months; time had gone by and tho boys had found that they were not going to get the apprenticeships. Localise the employers either could not or would not give them. Thus. Dr Field said, boys wasted precious time if they wanted to become qualified tradesmen. "A boy pays a terrible price if he works for about a year and then gets no apprenticeship," he said. The committee decided to approach representatives of employers
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 March 1940, Page 9
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