LABOUR FOR FARMS
"SITUATION UNSATISFACTORY"
FARMERS PARTLY TO BLAME
"The situation of manpower for farms is unsatisfactory and a large part of the blame for this position rests with the authorities/' said Mr H. W. James, organiser for the AVhangare.l Production Council, at the annual meeting. "But part of the blame rests with the farmers themselves." Mr James explained that when the scheme for bringing back men from tlie Pacific was first brought into operation, farmers delayed making application for labour, and at one period there were more men available than applications from farmers, for labour.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 19, 24 October 1944, Page 5
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96LABOUR FOR FARMS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 19, 24 October 1944, Page 5
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