VEGETABLE GROWING
WORK FOR SCHEME 13 MEN
M?trnnnU?L men in the Auckland ferreri * are to be transveeetahlP Z? ■ m c r onnect ion with Infrf tho srowing for the army, wiw the A Mm ister of Labour, Mr Webb, in Auckland. He said that anproximately 100 acres of land was J 111 ,? cultivated under the direction of the Department of Agriculture hv m inr°/i t > he i and ha( i been provided iiP bodies and other sections partmentHousing Construction De-
Mr. Webb said that most of the men now on scheme 13 were "burnt out and physically incapable of doing the ordinary work of a labourer. There were others who were returned soldiers from the last ° • been planned so that the majority of the men employed on the scheme should be engaged at producing vegetables. In the Auckland district there were only about 200 men all told on scheme 13.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 242, 13 October 1942, Page 2
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