THE POLICE FORCE
RESIGNATIONS FOR FARMS
Rumours of discontent among members of the Police Force had a brief airing in the House of Representatives last evening during the second reading" debate on the Servicemen's Settlement and Land Sales Amendment Bill. Mr. W. J. Broadfoot (National, Waitomo) had been discussing the drift from the rural areas to the towns, and suggested that one of the reasons was the lack of adequate remuneration to farmers. The magnanimous Minister of Finance, he said, put a farm worker's wage at £4 10s a week, plus 30s for his house and incidentals, yet in the towns high wages were paid for a 40-hour week. The Prime Minister (Mr. Fraser): Most of the men resigning from the Police Force at £400 a year are going on to the land.
Mr. Broadfoot: Why are the police resigning? Are the members of the Police Force getting a fair deal? Mr. Fraser: Farming is a better proposition.
Mr. Speaker intervened on the ground of irrelevancy and Mr. Broadfoot closed by saying he would leave the police on the knees of the Prime Minister—and the Force would take some quietening.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 129, 28 November 1945, Page 5
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190THE POLICE FORCE Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 129, 28 November 1945, Page 5
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