Agricultural Research
Sir, —It was interesting to read the comments of Mr P. G. Morrison, returned Nuffield Scholar, advocating an extension of agricultural research and advisory services in NewZealand. Recent discussions in this paper on the subject of raising doctor’s incomes to the general level of £6 an hour I find difficult to appreciate. As a qualified professional agriculturist of some years’ experience, I gross 13/-
an hour based on a 40-hour week. New Zealand appears to have the world’s greatest disparity between “high-paid” and “low-paid” professions, and in spite of a primary-pro-duction-based economy her most economically important professions are lowest paid. We have much to offer as a training ground in civil engineering, forestry, agriculture and soil conservation, but the continuing flow of qualified personnel leaving New Zealand tells its own story. We live in a socialist “paradise” for the medical professions and unskilled labourers!— Yours etc. ASPIRING AUSSIE September 17, 1966.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31169, 20 September 1966, Page 14
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