FARM LADS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 185, 4 August 1923, Page 5

FARM LADS.

WANTED IN NEW ZEALAND. ;•• !.\|\ll(ii!.\T|(iN SCIIF.MK ur n.INKD. ■ ' i il'.j Teh'gni|ih.- l'rcss Assneiiil ii.n.i -, WT.I.I.IXCTON. Fiiduy. : " •In the c|MPstinii of junior immipral ion. I ; a report of tlic l-'urmera' I nii'ii ' outer- j ( enco .-.tale- lli.it voting. 'icaltiu lad- | , ;t(j replac- the wa-tny "f Ie war. l! , | li< calculated thai r-lii'!itl.\ over :tn per j i.-nil of the New Zealand' Kxpcditionarv | |For,-e »a- made up of farmer- and farm ; ! labourer. Aγ. the tola] ca.sunltie- »( \ !\ew Zealand Kxpcditionan Force wen- ! 17.1i.V1. it is ~ji to to >tali> tliHl i>lK)il( ! ■Ktoi) nipn in fanniiiix pursuil." | k»st their ]iw>-;. Moroo\cr. iiiiuii far- : inn* wi'ic Kiiuins tin , 4].O(H) woiimlei! i iiii'l injured, a [H>ii-ftihijjc m badly as j to ho unahl,. to ha<-k to the land. .U New Zealand boys prefer life in the city to that in tlie rountry, this wa^tape lannot better lie replaced than by the importation of healthy ladi between The apes of ]"> an<l 17, who, would noon he.-oine acclimatised to the custom* and life of the country, and become true New Xealanders. ' j If the Farmers' I'niun wore i» experiment with. nay. inn boys. \!<<• f>l lowiitfr procedure would lunc to be j followed:----ll) The union would decide upon a minimum weekly wage and notify the Minister: 1 1 1 tho Commissioner would be not Hied, and aeked to make the conditions known to intending immigrant*: |,T) provincial secretaries throughout New Zealand will find out fanners willing to etijiii.ae boys, and send their names and addresses to the Dominion 'lK>u<l<|uarten>. Tlie religion of the hoy desired must also be stated; (4) soieetion of 'Hoys in Enizlniid to be stri.-tly carried 'out. by those cognisant of .New Zealand .■ur-toms and requirement-: all boys eligible for selection to lie niedicttlly fit. examined by a rcplltrfljle .<> Hicer appointed by tlie llig'b (oinmissioner. (In arrival in New Zealand, boys are , to he taken care of by the Immigration Department, which ha- t> machinery I necessary for <| ui.k dispatch to employers. In view of the present lack of facilities for boys to proceed to New Zealand, unices "they have friemle or; relatives resident there, headmasters of schools are diverting their attention of boys to Canada or Australia. It | appears very unfortunate that such a | course should lie The .boys j would be a valuable as.-et to the Dominion. Half the total number of appli- ■ cation, received from boys desirou* ot , emigrating etate that they would preter I to proceed to >*ew Zealand. /