CONDITIONS FOR SHEPHERDS
Sir, —In answer to “Hill Country,” I i would like to point out that he must be one of the generous station owners or his place very far back, because £6 10s a week is the most a married shepherd can get; and few get as much. As for the cottage, meat, etc., well that . is the recognised thing in all back country work, so he is giving nothing away there; and the cost of all ; groceries and other necessaries is ' much higher in all country stores. A 1 shepherd is expected to be a jack of all trades, his work including tractor 1 driving, painting, carpentering, fenc- ■ ing, and any other job that may come to hand, so is he not entitled to a little consideration and inducement to stay in the back country? And remember his wife. —Yours, etc., ANOTHER SHEPHERD. May 24, 1950.
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Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26122, 26 May 1950, Page 5
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