THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is Incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY. “ Public Service.” FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1942 STUDENTS ON FARMS

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 51, Issue 3183, 16 October 1942, Page 4

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is Incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY. “ Public Service.” FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1942 STUDENTS ON FARMS

With the experience gained last year in the provision of student labour on the farms, it should be possible to provide primary producers with substantial aid at a time when farming operations are at their peak. It has been explained that the failure of many men to obtain the help they needed last year was due to delay in making their requirements known and steps are to be taken, through the Primary Production Councils, to prevent any repetition of that state of affairs. The scheme is one that should have the cordial support of all concerned and the suggestion that the younger lads should live with the farmer’s family is a good one. It would give their parents an assurance that the young workers would be well looked after, and if it should be required would receive some motherly attention. On the other hand, it would give the lads a definite status and an added interest in the working of a modern farm. The idea is not that these young people should be regarded as employees, in the usual sense, but as helpers in a time of emergency, doing a worth-while job and being rewarded for their efforts. It should at least give many 'town and city lads a good idea of what life on a farm is like, and create friendships that, in time, will help to banish for ever any town v. country feeling. , PRICE OF ORANGES ' a Because the price of-New Zea-land-grown oranges is not controlled, except that the retailer’s profit is limited “to a maximum of 40 per cent.,” the cost of this fruit to the consumer has soared to lOd apiece. This is an extraordinary commentary on present-day market conditions. No doubt the scarcity of imported oranges is causing an unprecedented demand for the mediocre domestic product, supplies of which are meagre. But this is no excuse for the creation of a retail price which is more a ransom than anything approaching a value, and represents—in plain terms—gross wartime profiteering.