FARM LABOUR AND WAGES TAX
(To the Editor.)
Sir, —Farmers have suddenly become alive to the fact that the drift of young farm employees to the towns and camps is in the near future to be a serious menace to farm operations. May I ask farmers if they have given any thought to the real reason for this exodus? When the unemployment tax first came into operation, I stated to a member of Parliament my opinion that: farm employees should never have come under the tax. He agreed, and fold me Mr. Coates was going to bring the matter before the House, but this was never done. To any
right-thinking employer this tax is a very galling matter. He knows well that during the years of stress these men have played the game and helped to carry on with larger herds to try and bridge .the gap though unfortunately without success in many cases. I feel quite sure if the powers that be were approached and this tax abolished the complained-of drift would be held up.—l am, etc.,
' '■ A. H. PARSON. Hairini, Te Awamutu.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 111, 6 November 1935, Page 8
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