IMMIGRATION AND FARMS.
AUCKLAND PLAN SUPPOKTED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Friday. Support for an immigration scheme on the lines of that proposed in the Auckland Province was given by the North Taranaki Executive of the Farmers' Union to-day when grave anxiety was expressed ' regarding the farm labour position in the coming production season. It was said the farmers could not hope to compete with the Public Works Department's wages of £4 for a five-day week. The Auckland scheme proposed the immigration of young single men selected carefully to ensure their usefulness to New Zealand farmers.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 139, 13 June 1936, Page 12
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