LABOUR FOR FARMS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 139, 12 June 1917, Page 9

LABOUR FOR FARMS.

(By Tele—aph.—Press Associatiori.} WTSLIdNGTOK, Monday. A memorandum dealing with the pro*Jon of farm labour has been issued to ™ District Trustees Boards by tbe Rational Efficiency Board, pointing out «c desirableness of ascertaining, without 103 s of time, what labour is required for *pw_tortn_ and pastoral wprk during ensrang twelve months, and espeJ*V for shearing, ploughing, and harT5£ ™g. The Board requests that in"ptfies should be made with a view to ™*rtai_i_g what labour is available in ™c various branches, what reduction of fcoow is l_eiy to take place by the operation of the Military Service" Act, "J? f 6 to f ar . °y co-operation or _____ m 6ans, labour can be organised and met. lie Board states that a circular has °*a sent to all secondary schools, and **Be proportion of the boards of haw consented to a decrease . «jfe spring holidays and a correspond™o increase in tbe summer holidays, 60 i a pertain amount of boy labour may available to giv« assistance in shear- _- sheds and other operations during tim^ Dmer Mondays. Farmers and stakeholders desirin, such assistance will _ E to make clear the accommodation 7 are prepared to provide and the __™5 of boys desired. It will be neto satisfy schoolmasters and the rfente of the "boys that they will be leaked after. f Boar<i states that a further _a*- . wr consideration is to ascertain how ia r!^*? 1 "^^ 50 in stock be carried _f£*o_3 of districts, and the probother portions being overwhat feed will be availV*T° r carrying the etoc]s . through the taT**° that in case of a shortage in j' Place an arrangement might be W *° tllat stock from certain disfartjffd be depastured in other dist*aa_r_<there; is. a n ,excess rfOt;f,ged.