WON’T MILK COWS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 593, 20 February 1929, Page 6

WON’T MILK COWS

MODERN BOYS AND WORK NOT LIKE “GOOD OLD DAYS” Are boys as willing to work today as they were in the “good old days”? r F , HE old question—one raised in A every age—cropped up again at yesterday afternoon’s meeting of the Auckland Harbour Board, when the appointment of a cadet was considered. Mr. Campbell Johnstone contended that when ho was a boy, boys really did not mind working. He thought it was a mistake to take on too many and increase the board’s staff out of proportion. “Thera are more coming in than there are going out. Let them go and work,” he said. Air. Blood worth: There are 145 applicants for the position—l4s boys asking for the right to work. I know what Mr. Johnstone’s answer will be. He will tell them to go on the land. Where is the land for them? Air. Johnstone: There is plenty of land, and plenty of work; but nowadays they don’t like doing such work as milking cows. The discussion was cut short by the chairman. Air. H. R. Mackenzie, remarking that the staff was smaller now than it had been for some time.