SHIRKING FARMERS.
WATKATO IN DISGRACE.
(By Tdegrapt.—Ovm Correspondent.)
HASttLTOK, this day.
When the Waqia County"'Council wae asked to support the cbmpiUeion- propoea] yesterday, Or. Alexander said he had" seen some of the liet of shirking families, and vran almost ashamed to be a. farmer. Seme of the beet kn«»»n and "(wealthiest families in Waiksto were hiingjng hack, placing Waikato amongst the greatfiefe-of the chirking districts in ttie'Dominion. He thought the Council .should.give the proposal its hearty sup- ' ;."
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 243, 11 October 1916, Page 2
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