FARMER FINED.
Failed To Plough Up Land As Instructed. SOLDIERS " DIG FOR VICTORY." (Received 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, February 21. An Ashbourne farmer has been fined *25 with £10 costs for failing 1 to plough *]P his land in accordance with instructs from the County War Agriculture The Court told the defendant that the was empowered to confiscate *®e farm for cultivation if he continued 0 disobey the committee's instructions. . Many thousands of soldiers stationed '0 isolated anti-aircraft and other posts throughout the Eastern Command who ®<"e subjected to long periods of boredom will be issued with spades in the coming spring with which they <*n engage their spare time to secure healthy exercise and help in the "dig or victory" campaign.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 45, 22 February 1940, Page 7
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