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Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 54, 4 March 1879, Page 2

On all sides wo hear of the scarcity of labor in this district, botli skilled I ajid otherwise. Contractors cannot I get workmen, tenders for road work j havo to be extended on account of ! tenderorsbeirigiunable to obtain men | to fulfil their, contracts, and agricuK j tural laborers and farm servants are i simply unobtainable a|^ any price, i Of course there are aljyays some men ,pf a certain class, put of work, but ! these are gonerajjy men who will not I work in any wrty if they can possibly avoid it. NowJU must become apparent to any one that this stafca of things is highly prejudicial to the

in'er^st and pvogvoss of this district I \\ 111 i'dtnrd the dci¥el(l|li%it of Its | natmut YB&jnvQpj&jp a veny gV^yi^egi'oe'.- 'V)fili.e^b)ie^pi!nf|^p liot^Sio doulit t|||di! vs9Br ilyi|tj[sovb lmn^Sds m gl^l w ffflv meri—artisftans.^d ;| pl>or«f|l— at^Mf tho jiranaMtu^ to^akiMthat j gi'ea^vlii^pt : «^J§!hf^ptHt Jpt , j be sttppli^lio aoon ns'iipusiWe.'^Plie steamer Sfad E-tfturlem^is d^iietited to arrive in the olony tho latter end of this month mil she will bring a large nnntber <jf immigrants. It is also Sttfoti'"' that solne" GOO -agricultural"" 'la^oj^rs from Kent havo re.solv«Jl : 'to"try tlieir furtuue in New Zealand/- i .aui^gpme jol them may alap shorjbly^ ibe, ?i e_\'peetol- Wo won 1 1 suggest" that the County Coiirieil should at its jnejft nieetbg instruct the Chairman W writo" to tlto- 6oVei'rimeilt asking that a portion of the n?\v arrivals ' may he sent to this district, so that it j shall not bo loft in tho back grou id ; fir: want of labor ■" liowovor groat j thfvnatural resources — howovor oiVter- j prising the syttlers are nil must be ! I s.ifi iu'ued unless backed up by buffi- 1 clout laboi 1 to ca'-ry out the works j j that aro necessary to i's progress j : Wo eommeu'l the above suggestion j : to tho attention of Councillor:-.