Shearing
Sir.—We three North Canterbury shearers reading your article, “Shearing and Woolhandling Events." were provoked to derisive laughter. From personal experience, woolsheds are invariably hung with smelly pelts, wheat sacks, various agricultural implements, and old harness. Occasionally a small stack of hay occupies the next pen. The sheep usually all have dags and are mud to the toes. At the end of the day. tired and wan. the shearers stagger out of the shed, thankful that another day of unremitting toil is ended. We can assure you that there is no glamour whatever in shearing.—Yours, etc., UNDERPAID and OVERWORKED. March 5, 1962.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29765, 7 March 1962, Page 7
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