TO ASSIST ON FARM
Girl Student Given Leave
Following an application for special leave to assist her mother on a farm in the AVairarapa made 'by a girl student at the Training College, the Wellington Education Board, at a meeting this week, granted the girl a month's leave, and decided to ask the Alinister of National Service to try to secure labour for the farm. It was stated Hint the farm was carrying from 70 to 75 cows, a number of pigs and <i few sheep, and was worked by the only remaining son of the family, an elder son having been killed in action. Last year the production on the farm was 13.0001 b. butterfat from 50 cows on SI. acres, and since then the properly had been increased by an extra 47 acres and by from 20 to 25 cows. The mother, a widow, in addition to keeping house, looked after .in invalid daughter. Reports indicated that the girl student, who had 'been at the Training College since tlie beginning of the year, was making good progress, and wished to continue her career as a teacher. The chairman of the AVairarnpa Primary Production Council had said that it was impossible for the council to find labour to assist.
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 309, 24 September 1943, Page 6
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210TO ASSIST ON FARM Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 309, 24 September 1943, Page 6
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