FARM LABOUR
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Proposed Use of Sustenance Men " -
CBy Telcarapb-
WELLINGTON, Last Night. Designed to meet the acute shortagc of farm labour, a scheme formulated by the New Zealand Parmers' Union to take men from sustenance and train them as farm workers has been approved by Mr. J- S. Hunter, Under-.Secre-tary for Labour. It is expected that the scheme will be operating soon. The' men will receive £1 a weelc as sustenance from the Government, and the farmer employers will pay them an additional £1 2s 6d. The scheme was suggested to the Farmers' Union at the annual confer ence in Wellington on Thursday by Mr., D. B. Higgins (Matamata), who said there were on sustenance in Auckland liundreds of men suitable for farm work. A committee was appointed to place the proposal before the Government, and to-day Mr. Higigins reported that the plan had been approved by Mr. Hunter and would no doubt be confinn cd lalcr by the Acling-Minister of Labour.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 154, 17 July 1937, Page 14
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