HARVESTERS’ CAMP
FIRST 12 MEN ARRIVE v,U . ' • , . ; ■ }, The camp for harvesters in Avenue jroad, Morrinsville, assumed a busy appearance on Thursday, afternoon, when 12 men —the first of the 50 whom -the camp will eventually accommodate —arrived by train. A dozen huts for sleeping quarters have already been erected. Mr. R. Coulter, M.P. for Waikato, later paid a visit to the camp. He said many inquiries had already been received from Morrins* viille district farmers wanting men for harvesting, and there had also been requests for men from farmers near Te Aroha and Matamata; The men will be sent wherever they are wanted.
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Matamata Record, Volume XIX, Issue 1791, 15 December 1936, Page 6
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