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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 126, 25 February 1928, Page 12

DRIFT TO THE CITIES HOW COUNTRY FREEZING WORKS PREVENT. Great concern is evident in official circles in lespect to the tendency of the country population to drift towards the cities.’ Maintaining population in country districts is a matter vital to the interests of New Zealand, which depends essentially upon its primary industries. Freezing works which employ large numbers of nieu and are closely associated with our primary industries should be maintained in country d'stric.ts so that in the off season large numbers of men mav find employment in the c’ountrv, instead of helping to swell the ranks of the unemployed in the cities. It is a recognised fact that the nearer stock is killed to their pastures the less wasting there is and the better is the condition in which tlie lamb and mutton reach the Loudon market. By maintaining freezing works, such, for example, as Waingawa, in the heart of the Wairarapa district, the bloom is kept on the mutton, a better price resultini’- and, furthermore, employment is guaranteed for a large number of hands. Waingawa alone has been paying over £2OOO in wages even week. The maintenance of freezing works m the centres of large sheep areas means that workmen are encouraged to settle down in their own country homes, instead of flocking to the cities to accentuate an already acute problem. Furthermore. the prosperity of the farming districts is ensured.—Advt.