FARM WORKERS' WAGES.
BILL FAVOURABLY RECEIVED. British Official Wireless. (Received 2.30 p.m.) EUGBY, April 4. The Government's bill to regulate farm workers' wages had a favourable reception in the House of Commons, and the second reading was not opposed. The Minister of Agriculture, Sir R. Dorman-Sniith, said the success of the home production campaign depended on the supply of skilled farm labour and improvement in wages wae a matter of material necessity, as well as of fairness. It was also essential to check the labour drift from the countryside to the towns. i
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 81, 5 April 1940, Page 8
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