Manpower short for sawmills

There are eight new sawmills being constructed in the Hokitika district, and one hardly knows where they are going to get all the men needed to work them (writes the Hokitika correspondent of the Grey River Argus). At the present time there is far too much boy labour in the mills. Some of the boys would do far better if they

stuck to school a little longer, as they will be broken down before they are 40 years of age. Of course, one knows that the high cost of living is pressing hard upon families, and somebody must see to breadwinning, but it is a pity the burden falls upon shoulders so young.