SHEARERS FROM AUSTRALIA
! SHORTAGE IN NEW ZEALAND. An attempt is being made by the | South Canterbury Primary Production i Council to bring ns many blade shcarj ers as possible from Australia. This i step is being taken on the recommeni dation of Mr J. G. Leckie. representa- > tire of workers’ organisations on the ' council, io relieve the shortage of exi perienced men. Mr Leckie said at a I mooting of the council that more than ■5O shearers had enlisted from South Canterbury alone, and therefore there ' was every prospect of a shortage of i experienced men. Ho advised the j council to make arrangements to bring • experienced mon from Australia, and i recommended that the question of . zoning shearing sheds and of training ■ young shearers at the rate of one to j each board of six shearers should be I given consideration. Mr V. A. Dixon, j placement officer at Timaru. said that lie was making a survey of public works' employees who were experienced harvest hands. Such men, he said, would be given leave by the Public Works Department for seasonal work.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 January 1941, Page 9
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183SHEARERS FROM AUSTRALIA Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 January 1941, Page 9
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