WHO WOULD NOT BE A SHEARER?
meeting at Halcombo on Saturday night'(siiys our 'Foilding correspondent)' Mr. Morrison said that' he; had' received lio complaints, froni his" ' shearers this ' season'.' ' In lact, they. asked . hiiiv when they had' finished if lie would ' give them. stands . next year. . , No wonder! Oho who was at Morrison s told the " Star", that "we had a : good breakfast at six o'clofck, tea at ten, and a jblly -. good .dinner, at, noon, tea and cake at two, and a good meal at six o'clock ; and machines and, gear were : in tip-top order. " Is thalTtho rule? ". queried his.listeners.. ' " Yes, at most places," was the roply.' "BBt in' some you are treated' like dogs. You have to bring your tucker, and such a thing as a cup of .tea'is an unlieard-of luxury." v : /.'■
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 88, 7 January 1908, Page 3
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