FARM LABOUR
Claim For Inclusion In Essential Industries The fact that farming had not been included in the official list of essential industries was discussed at the last meeting of the Makara-Uut- t alley executive of the New Zealand Farmers Union. . Some manpower committees had been dealing rather ruthlessly with the retention of farm labour, said the chairman Mr. R. Sievers. It seemed inconsistent that industries such as tanneries and butter and cheese factories should be regarded as essential, yet without the farmer both these indust vies would be unable to function. Many farmers were finding it extremely difficult to carry on. Mr. G. Bruce said that the farmer was considered to be “the good old mug.” He carried on, so the authorities thought that’it did not matter what happened. \ ’ Mr. P. Tulloch said that the position could not get much worse than it was. The onus must be on the Government. It had done nothing to help the farmers, and it would be its responsibility if production declined. Mr. Sievers said it seemed that the policy of drift would continue unless the Government was told that it was essential that the farming industry should be considered.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19420121.2.60
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 99, 21 January 1942, Page 8
Word Count
197FARM LABOUR Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 99, 21 January 1942, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in