HARVEST WORKERS PROBLEM

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2589, 11 October 1915, Page 8

HARVEST WORKERS PROBLEM

MASTERTON A. AND P.; COMMIT-

TEE'S REPORT.

The "monthly meeting of the Masteries A.'and P. .Association was lield'cn Saturday. ■ •• • • ■ ' Messrs.M'Doiigall Bros., Ltd., wrote i'olferirig ; :a -Hrophy valued ;at_ £5 6s. for the; : Eomncy Marsh stud .'sections at the forthcoming show. —Accepted; conditions .to- be arranged later.;Tho. special comniiiteo. set up to deal '' with the labour' question i reported: "Your committee, alter discussing with tho Inspector of Factories the question of labour,at .harvest time, "considers it & matter of ipipossibility t-o give even ■to approximate estimate of the num:ber of harvest hands required at tlie time when they would be wanted. ' Harvest operations are absolutely subject to weather conditions, so much so that at the present time it is,impossible to urrivo at any satisfactory estimate. It 'is the opinion of this committee that e publio meeting of cropping farmers ehould be called in December, when a more'definite idea of "the. district's requirements'could be obtained. A "special committee set up recorn- , mended that the Masterton A. and P. Association and tlie Wairarapa- P., and 'A- Association each appoint committees,' representing the counties of Mauriceville, Masterton, Featherston, and South Wairarapa, to act in conjunction with tho Agricultural Department on agricultural matters. Messrs. -W. Perry, A. J. Percy, and D. M'Gregor were appointed to represent the local ''association. -