Christchurch, August 17. Domestic servants and farm laborers are more difi'icult to obtain now than ever in South Canterbury, and the Tim •iru branch of the Farmers' Union wrote yesterday to the new High Commissioner, asking him to do his best to relieve the position as soon as he arrives at Home. They have also a.sked that any boys who may be sent out in the future should be selected from the small villages rather than from the big citieas village boys were more likely to set tie down to country life in the 'Dominion. On one day rceentlv a local labor agent bad vacancies for thirty ploughmen, and he was only able to -111] one of them. U.p to £2 30s per week and found lias been paid lately for waggoners. .. . ,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 79, 20 August 1912, Page 5
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132Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 79, 20 August 1912, Page 5
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