FARM EMPLOYMENT STILL NEEDED
Tlie cqntinuod need for eompetent farmers to come forward xvith offers to train ex-servicomeu under rehabilitatiou subsidy urrangeiuents is emphasised in a statement from the Reliabilitatiou HoanL Although there has reeently been a sligh't easing of the situation, says the statemont, the number of ixioii awaiti n g training was no less than •176 at Ihe eiid of May, ivliile the number of farmers awaiting trainees at the saine date was only 72. "With the opening of the new dairying seasdn, it is felt that there will be a oonsiderable demand for labour, " it eontinues. "It is hoped that iL will prove an excellent opportunity for farmers to engage ex-servicemen under the subsidy sclieine and train them so that they may gain enough competency to taho over farms of their own." Of the 476 trainees awaiting plaeement, 266 are for dairying, 97 for slieep farming, 44 for mixed sheep and dairying, 41 for sheep and agriculture, 1 for agriculture, and 27 for sub.sidiary forms of farming such as poultry-farming, bee-keeping, elc. The iieeds in this district are: — Dannevirke, 9 dairy, 9 sheep, 1 subsidiary, total 19; ralinerston North, 8 dairy, 3 sheep, 2 mixed, 1 sheep' and agriculture, total 14.
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 July 1946, Page 2
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