MR BOREHAM AS A COVERMAKER.
TO THB EDITOR. Sir, —In answer to my letter of August 21st Mr Boreham replies that there are at least three men in Waimate who can make three “ full rigger ” horsecovers every hour. Will Mr Boreham be ki -d enough to explain for the benefit of his fellow tradesmen (who have not yet learned the trade nicknames) tf e difference between “ fulllrigger” and “ dimic” covers. In his letter Mr Borehim very carefully eludes reference to statements which he made at the Farmers’ Union meeting re prices paid for cover-making, which ho informed us were raised from 9d to 2s 3d per cover. If, as Mr Boreham states, it is really possible for men to make twenty-four “full-rigger” covers at 2s 3d each in eight hours (which will mean a daily wage of £2 14s), there is evidently a screw loose somewhere, either in Mr Boreham’s figures or m the adjustment of wages. Further, lam willing to piy for publication of the full text or the award Mr Boreham refers to, and have arranged with the Advertiser to that effect. Mr Boreham is a solid piece of “ bluff,” but it doesn’t go down with yours, etc;,
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 252, 6 September 1902, Page 3
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200MR BOREHAM AS A COVERMAKER. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 252, 6 September 1902, Page 3
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