SCARCITY OF FARM LABOUR.
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Conse'qheht: on the • shortage- of. farm labour in-the Dominion,'3lr. J. D._ Cruick-shank;'branch-manager of-tho New Zenhnd.SfrMpfarniefs', -Agency, wrote to tho High' .'Commissioner ■ (the _;Hon. T. 'Mackenzie), under date' August" 23, r asking him if it was not possible to do something fronv the -London, .-end .-to -relieve -the . position.; ~'... >.".;: '..,'„,,,:''■ ~;,,-.; ','..': The- High 'Commissiqrier, -writincr from . Londpu mi'November..,B, .says:—"l have to thank you for your letter of August 23. with regard-, to .the. scarcity, of farni labour. T'am' using every" endeavour'to . procure suitable -farm hands.-for New , Zealand, but there is so much competition for .this-class of labour- amongst the various' Dominions "and Colonies that New ZealandV^can,.only obtain,. t her'portion of . the 'emigration'."
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1625, 17 December 1912, Page 10
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120SCARCITY OF FARM LABOUR. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1625, 17 December 1912, Page 10
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