SHEARING SEASON
MAY POSSIBLY BE PROLONGED. USUAL LABOUR NOT AVAILABLE. ADVICE BY THE MINISTER. (P.A.) WELLINGTON, This Day. In a statement to-day the Minister of Agriculture (the Hon. J. G. Barclay) pointed out that the usual number of shearers would not be available this year, consequently there was a possibility that shearing would; not be completed until later than was the case normally. While he did not anticipate the difficulty would be unduly great, he recommended sheep-farmers to assist by shearing dry sheep as early as possible before the main season commenced, and also mentioned that in the shearing season itself farmers might reach mutual arrangements to have the sheds filled with dry sheep so that there would be no delay in shearing. The Minister also suggested that local primary production committees, branches of the Farmers’ Union, and other appropriate organisations should endeavour, in conjunction with tho New Zealand Workers’ Union, to arrange rosters of sheds in an order that would entail the least loss of time on the part of shearers in travelling from shed to shod. Ho felt confident that nil concerned would give willing and loyal co-operation.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19411017.2.44
Bibliographic details
Ashburton Guardian, Volume 62, Issue 5, 17 October 1941, Page 6
Word Count
190SHEARING SEASON Ashburton Guardian, Volume 62, Issue 5, 17 October 1941, Page 6
Using This Item
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in