Farmers Complain About Call-Up
(New Zealand Press Association)
WELLINGTON, March 4.
Young farm workers were being called up for their annual military service at the busiest part of the farmer’s year, the electoral committee of the Wool Board was told today.
Mr W. B. Trotter said that appeals for postponement of service on behalf of farm workers had been turned down.
The Government had proraised on the inception of the military training scheme that 20-day annual camps would be held at times that would cause the least possible disruption of industry. Farmers should be given some choice in camp dates, Mr Trotter said. Because of harvesting and shearing January was the worst month for farm workers to be called into camp. Mr C. W. Green said it was a matter for the unit commanders to take-into consideration and he was surprised that they had not done so.
Mr F. E. Humphreys: How is a farmer to get on if he can’t get the men when he wants them to increase production? The matter was referred to the Agricultural Production Council.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31001, 5 March 1966, Page 3
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