RECRUITING TREND

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 June 1940, Page 7

RECRUITING TREND

USE OF NEW ZEALAND MANPOWER

STATEMENT BY MINISTER.

DETAILS OF MEN ACCEPTED & RESERVED.

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day

The trend of recruiting from the important industries and services is shown in a table contained in a statement by the Minister of Man-power. Mr Wilson, presented in the House of Representatives last week. It states that new problems connected with the proper utilisation of New Zealand’s man-power resources so as to maintain and increase production, and tc provide adequately foi' defence in the Dominion and overseas, will become increasingly important and urgent as time goes on.

“Statistics are being kept in respect of the industry and occupation of every recruit who is passed medically fit for the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, for home defence, for the air force, and for the navy,” says the statement. “The details as to the army enlistments have so far been obtained each week from the placement officers or Social Security registrars in each of the 12 centres where the army area offices are located. In future these returns will be obtained at intervals of four weeks. INDUSTRIAL GROUPS.

“Periodically an analysis is made showing the number of fit men "available for or posted to camp and the number postponed in each of 42 industrial groups. As required, these industrial groups can be further divided into actual industries and, if necessary, into occupations within each industry. Government and local body employees are shown separately. In brief, the analysis made is along the same lines as the census analysis of industries and occupations, but with the added advantage that occupations are grouped within their respective industries.” The statistics thus extracted are stated to be useful in three distinct ways. These are: — (a) To determine the actual response to the call for service from men in various walks of life. For this purpose a comparison is made between the number enlisting from each industry and the number of men of military age employed in that industry. At present the 1936 census figures 1 are used for this purpose, but in a few months’ time up-to-date figures will be obtained from the Social Security register. (b) To determine the extent of the withdrawal of man-power from the various industries.

(c) For the purposes of post-war occupational re-establishment, to determine the number of men who will have to be restored to each occupation after their return to New Zealand. ARMY SERVICE POSTPONED. The following are details of men withdrawn from the main important industries and services, and also the number of men in these categories whose army service is postponed pending replacement:—

1 OlcU ’ ~ The above statement shows me trend of recruiting as at May 18. The figures given do not include enlistments for the air force, home defence, the Maori Battalion, and navy reservists.

d TS 2 (V c £.2 O a a E “w O o aft o r—< q_( *w O 2 £ ° s O £ u o C d H >, X) Agricultural and pastoral 2,869 1,113 Forestry 929 36 Production of food from raw material—i.e., men engaged in slaughtering, curing, grainmilling, baking, jam and confectionery making, butter and cheese, etc 796 118 Building, carpentry, paint1.509 ing, plumbing, etc 28 Construction and maintenance of railroads, 20 bridges, etc 1,465 Land transport —i.e., railway and tramway services, motor services and garages, traffic 1,993 107 direction, etc Communication, postal service, telephones, ra405 dio, etc 33 Property and finance Government administration, banking, insurance, trus629 tee company 3 Commerce: Vending and dealing in all kinds of 1,982 commodities 23 Health: All types of medical, dental and pharma315 ceutical services 28 Education 235 22 Other professions 242 3 Personal and domestic service, hotel, club and restaurant service, hairdressing, laundering. 564 cleaning, etc — Unemployed Other 1,969 6,199 249 Total 22,101 1,781