SHORT AGE OF FARM LABOUR.
TnE POSITION IN MARLBOROUGH Farmers in the vicimt> of Blenheim nro etpuieiicing gieat tioublo just now in Setting sulhcient labour to cope with tho ius.li of woik uiMiing as a result ot tho dry spell ol wenthei having brought \U tho liiivest woik 111 at one tune r lho ia a \ci\ heavy one, niul men are tit a picimum, eveellcnfc wages ottering for good woikus It is reported that farimrs wcro ottering Is 3d per houi and found, at tho end of ln=t ireek Chaff elittm? plants aio said to ba liung up, as thej cannot becliro sufficient men to work tlio plants I liwcutters aro al=o in demind, and sorao of tho milk cannot run full time becauso of the scarcity of cutters According to an authority men can eisily cam 18s. per daj in Marlborough cutting l good dry flax
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1637, 2 January 1913, Page 8
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148SHORT AGE OF FARM LABOUR. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1637, 2 January 1913, Page 8
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