MEN FOR THE ARMY
SELECTION SYSTEM HAWKE’S BAY PROPOSAL iA proposal that recruitment for military service should be subject to discrimlination, preventing .the enlistment of certain classes of farm workers, was made at a meeting of the Hawke’s Bay District Council of Primary Production, Which discussed problems arising from the growing shortage of farm labour. The council unanimously .passed the following motion: “This committee .recommends the National Council of Primary Production to make the most urgent representations to the (Government, pointing out the necessity for a comprehensive scheme for the/selection of recruits for the armed forces. Unless this is done, and done immediately, it is inevitable that the manpower necessary even to maintain primary production at the present level cannot Ibe provided, and farming will thus ibe greatly curtailed and management embarrassed. We consider widespread attention should be paid to .shepherd's, tractor and team drivers and shearers, as well as experienced general farm hands.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20109, 1 December 1939, Page 8
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154MEN FOR THE ARMY Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20109, 1 December 1939, Page 8
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