WAR'S INROADS ON FARM LABOUR
SERIOUS POSITION LOOMING. 'Australian-Sew Zealand. Cable Association. • London, July 2: The Agricultural Department's committee reports that it is estimated that a third of tlie agricultural labourers— namely. 30,000—has enlisted. It' is ex•p'ected. that only twenty-five Tier cent. v.'ilV return after the war. The oom.mifjee sives a : warning that'. something imperative must "he done to swell the ranks of agricultural labour, or otherwise to maintain production. It recommends Government' measures ensuring the prosperity of agriculture, and enabling the payment of a minimum wage.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2814, 4 July 1916, Page 6
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87WAR'S INROADS ON FARM LABOUR Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2814, 4 July 1916, Page 6
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