THE FRIENDS OF THE WORKER.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir, — The following appeared in tha Christchurch Press the other day?“The Waimata Agricultural Society has written to the Hon. Major Steward asking him to request the Min ster of Lands chat public w>.-rks be stopped during harvest, for the reason tin | labour in the district is very scarce, and as the harvest promises to be a littio la or than usual there is grave danger that unless a plentiful supply of labc u is forthcoming some of the crops will be ruined before they can be gathered in. This request was granted last year. A letter to the same effect has been sent by the Timaru Agricultural and Pastoral Association. Now, sir, I Would like to know where the Association learned that labour was so scarce, or when they were asked to interfere in the matter. The only real time a working man gets a chance to m ike a bit extra is at harvest time, and then they are going to swamp the labourmarket with men from other jobs who can go back again when the harvest is over, while the casual labourer is ous. of work. —I am, etc , Working Man.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 109, 16 February 1901, Page 2
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201THE FRIENDS OF THE WORKER. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 109, 16 February 1901, Page 2
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