SUBSIDIES OPPOSED
A suggestion that men should be taken off public works and placed on farms, their wages being subsidised to the same level as paid on public works, was opposed by the chairman cf the Patea County Council, Mr. W. G. Belton, during a discussion on the shortage of labour for essential farm work. In the present circumstances, he said, the principle was wrong and wculd cause a great deal of friction. He could not see why a single man on public works should not be prepared to do his job like the rest of the country. If he joined the military forces he would receive only 7s a day, and if he wanted a subsidy to go on a farm, Mr, Belton considered he was not making a good war effort.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20068, 14 October 1939, Page 10
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133SUBSIDIES OPPOSED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20068, 14 October 1939, Page 10
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