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SHEARERS' COMPLAINT. By Telegraph.—'Press 'Association. Wellington, April 25. A deputation of the New Zealand Agricultural and Pastoral Workers' Union, which includes the Shearers' Association, waited on Mr. Herries, acting Minister of Labor, to-day to urge that the Shearers' Accommodation Act be amended to provide better accommodation for men. Many instances were cited the sleeping, eating and cooking accommodation for shearers on stations was absolutely inadequate, and somewhat remarkable disclosures were made regarding the manner in which Maori shearers and their women-folk herded together. The Minister, in replying, said the department was doing its best to comply with the provisions of the Act, but the trouble was that it did not go far enough. The matter was one for amended legislation, and he Would lay the representations made before the Cabinet and see what could be done, although there was a possibility that Parliament would confine itself to war measures.
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 April 1917, Page 3
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151HERDED TOGETHER. Taranaki Daily News, 26 April 1917, Page 3
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