MAN-POWER ON FARMS
MINISTER REFUTED
P.A. ' DUNEDIN, This Day. Mr; James Begg, .president of the Farmers' Federation^, denied the statement of the Minister of National Service (Mr. McLagan) that male workers oft . New Zealand farms numbered B^o more than in th,e middle of 1942.: MrJlßegg said that as regards general farms the figures were incorrect. Such farms were starving for labour. This additional number quoted must be. on the new vegetable farms established by the Government. Mr. McLagan'sl-statement that agricultural production had increased during the war period was equally incorrect. ■ i Last year the freezing works handled 1,000,000 fewer carcasses than ,the preyious year and there was a -serious dairy production decline. " As regards factory production money comparisons meant nothing today; Mr. Begg said. Only volume comparisons were of value.
A( • Christchurch Press Association telegram mentions that an - official labour statement says that the figure of 8000 applies to 1938, not 1942.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 71, 21 September 1943, Page 6
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