FARM LABOUR
Positions ‘Go Begging \j Although it. had positions for 50 farm assistants, it had only been able to fill 19 of them, tlie 'Wellington Boy Employment Committee stated yesterday, in a review of the year’s activities. Boys could not be induced to take up work in the country, the committee added, 'This was due mainly to the positions offering in the city, where both conditions of work and rates of remuneration were better. Inquiries for labour came from many northern districts, including Waikato, Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay, Manawatu and 'Wairarapa, and from the rural areas of Nelson and Blenheim.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 192, 11 May 1937, Page 8
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