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FARM WORKERS DISRI. \CED OFFICIAL'S STATKMKNT. Th«* faetJj eczrnn epidemic ha* had labourers out • work. accordng to idwce received from life Hamilton placement "thcer. Mr J. I». Ilbd-p. this moruiiis'. ll#* sahl that while it was usual f.-r the demand for farm work»rs to ease at this time «*f the year. iht number of men now n the unemployed list was well above the usual total. To the disastrous rfTect of the epidemic could be attribut'd in no small measure the present larae total of agricultural workers without employment. The Auckland placement officer. Mr J. H. Elsbury. has stated that there are *o farm labourers in the city without work and Mr Hislop remarked to-day that this was an unusually larse total despite the fact that the Industry was entering upon a slack period.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20508, 26 May 1938, Page 16
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136ECZEMA BLAMED Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20508, 26 May 1938, Page 16
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