INDIAN LABOUR
Housekeeping ‘Messy’ Mainly because of their cooking arrangements, the Fijian Indians employed by the board were not gnod housekeepers, the secretarymanager (Mr F. J. Foley) told the North Canterbury Nassella Tussock Board’s meeting yesterday. The Scargill camp had to be closed and it was not intended to reopen it. The place would not give a very good impression to visitors who were interested in the Indians’ welfare, he said. It was not that they were not clean in themselves, but because each man seemed to cook separately because of caste requirements, their quarters became messy. The board now employed 44 Indians, Mr Foley said. As they dreaded the winter, it was likely that all would have left by the end of June. Mr Foley said he had booked from May 12 to 19 for his visit to Fiji to recruit labour.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31018, 25 March 1966, Page 1
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