FARM LABOUR
‘MYSTERY TACTICS” CONDEMNED
[per press association.]
ELTHAM, June 2J)
Dealing with the Hon. H. T. Armstrong’s statement that he (Mr Wilkinson) had made the position regarding the payment for farm labour “as clear as mud,” Mr C. A. Vilkinson MT’., for Egmont, said it was deplorable that the Government’s mysterv tactics should still prevail regarding the payment for farm labour.
“It seems to be a fact that some.airangements have been entered into between the Government and tile Farmers’ Union,” said Mr Wilkinson, “and if this is so, the terms should be disclosed at once, so that the new season’s arrangements for labour can be .made. It is interesting to know that Mr Armstrong admits it is hard to dodge the new rates of 16/- a day on public works, which, he says, will he a serious drain on farm labour. Mr Semple is still more frank when ho admits that there are hundreds of farmers in this country who work’tho round of the clock every day throughout the year, and have no hope at all of getting 16/- per day, which is provided for workers under the . Public Works Agreement. The situation would be ludicrous if it were not so tragic.”
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Greymouth Evening Star, 30 June 1936, Page 11
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