Farm Labour Shortage
Sir, —As implied in the letter from E. R. Hudson, a change of attitude would go a long way to combat the shortage of farm labour. At the recent fanners’ conference Mr A. L. Mulholland suggested that the installation of television might improve the situation, but there may be other amenities more important than television. I know of one instance where the farm worker asked for the telephone, and he was told by his employer than he did not think workers should have the telephone, but in this case he could have it if he paid all expenses, including the cost of installation. In another case, a farmer’s wife complained that two farm workers had been given the telephone on her party line. These are simple examples of the attitude that is all too prevalent in the farming community even today—the result, of course, of the wide disparity in incomes between land worker and land owner. —Yours, etc., D. ROBERTSON. July 3, 1965.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30794, 5 July 1965, Page 12
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