Apprentice
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Letter to the Editor
P-NG’s First Apprentice
Iplease permit me to correct the itatement made in the block title m page 31 of PIM September issue, thereby Mr. Allan Heath “thus be ;omes the first European apprentice n Papua-New Guinea.”
Your old friend, the Common wealth Department of Works, has teen training European apprentices hroughout the Territory since De ember 29, 1948, when 15-years-old tony Jefford signed his indentures, P commence a 5 years period of pprenticeship in accordance with he conditions prescribed in The ipprentices and Minors Act 1929/45 Q’ld.). Correspondence courses re re and still are arranged through tie Brisbane Technical College.
Since December, 1948, many young erritorians have either commenced, ompleted or transferred on in enture to the Territory, therefore is hard to understand why Can berra had to pass a special amendment to the law in young Mr.
Heath’s case.
I am, etc.,
Ken Mccance
Port Moresby, October 10, 1955. (NOTE: The information referred t was supplied to our reporter by r. S. Heath, father of the appren se. Mr. Heath, Snr., is now him- If a resident of Moresby. It is >ssible that none of the post-war ntenders for the title are the “first iropean apprentice in P-NG” — uinea Airways appear to have had iprentices at their workshops in ic in the 1930’5).