MEN SEEK FARM WORK
ARMY SERVICE QUESTION EXEMPTION EFFORTS It was stated at a meeting of thf Whangarei sub-provincial executive o the Farmers’ Union that men weri leaving non-essential jobs and tryin' to secure work on farms with the ide;, of obtaining exemption from military service. One speaker said he knew oi cases where men had left towns for the first time to take up farm work. These statements were made when the executive was discussing the position of farm labour called up for service with the territorials after so many farmers and farm employees had already left for overseas. It was considered that calling up men during the summer months would create further difficulties in ' securing farm labour, although the need for the training of men was recognised. Speakers said they had full confidence in the North Auckland Manpower Committee, on which the union had a representative, while the chairman was also a farmer.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20377, 14 October 1940, Page 2
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