WORK ON FARMS
CITY PEOPLE’S OFFER Anxious to make a practical contribution to the Dominion's war effort, a number of Auckland people have volunteered to work on farms for the duration of hostilities. The majority of the offers have come from men and women of mature years who are no longer actively engaged in business, and they sought no return other than the wages to which they would be entitled as ordinary farm labourers.
Several offers of this kind have been received in official quarters in Auckland. There was one instance of a fairly elderly woman who was prepared to leave retirement on a small holding to undertake more active farm work. In another case, a retired business man and his wife, despite their complete lack of farm ing experience, volunteered to take jobs in the country.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20254, 23 May 1940, Page 8
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137WORK ON FARMS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20254, 23 May 1940, Page 8
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