FASHIONABLE INCOMPETENCE.
BAD FARMERS, BUT GOOD IN A SCRUM. Reference •to tlio dearth of competoht farm labour was made at Friday's Provincial Conferenco of tlio Farmers' Union (says our Auckland correspondent). , "You might as woll ask some of the incompetent that wo meet, with in the country to' read Greek as to drive a reaper or plough," said Mr. Jas. Flanagan, of Drury. "Although ' these lads are/perfect whales at football and smoking cigarettes, they are little good at milking. I have scon some of them tryiug to coax a heifer into tlio bail with a ..threc-by-two . rail 6ft. long." (Laughter,)
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 206, 25 May 1908, Page 3
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100FASHIONABLE INCOMPETENCE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 206, 25 May 1908, Page 3
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