No Labour Trouble

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 492, 23 October 1928, Page 16

No Labour Trouble

Mr. Anthony Hordern Talks of N.S.W. GOOD SEASON AHEAD Seventy-five per cent, of agricultural New South Wales will enjoy a good year. That is the prediction of Mr. Anthony Hordern, who owns 110,000 acres of grazing country in the west of the State and another 1,000 acres at Bowral, where he has the finest model farm in Australia. “I have never had any labour trouble,” was Mr. Hordern’s smiling comment when asked .about the state of labour in Australia. He went on to say that during the time he was associated with the big firm which bears his name in Sydney there had been no trouble with the employees. Neither had he been bothered by labour troubles on his property. From the remarks of his friends on board the Niagara last evening, on which he is a passenger, one gathered that Mr. Hordern was the ideal employer. At Bowral, which is now Mr. Hordern’s home, he has the leading Shorthorn stud stock of Australia and frequently sends his pedigree animals to all parts of the Continent and to South Africa. On his other property Mr. Hordern has inaugurated a large irrigation scheme, costing something like £50,000, in order to combat the droughts which periodically scorch the country and destroy thousands of his Merino sheep. Seven hundred acres have already been watered from the Murrumbidgee River and on this property Mr. Hordern grows green food for the dry season. The water is lifted with electric pumps and turned into channels which run through the country. Mr. Hordern is optimistic regarding the coming wool season. He does not think there will be any drop in price, at least not for Australian merino wools. He states that the beef market is gradually improving and that all the beef now grown can be used on the Continent. He had nothing to say about the prospects of the export market. Mr. Hordern, who is a fine polo player, is also considered one of the finest judges of stock in Australia. He is on his way home to meet his wife and family.