FARM WORKERS SCARCE.
POSITION IN FRANKLIN. PUKEIvOHE, Nov. 20. The statement that many farmers were blaming the present shortage of farm workers to the fact that single men would not leave relief camps was made at a meeting of the Franklin County Council by Mr H. Wilcox. The clerk (Mr A. P. Day) said the local unemployment bureau was trying to get the unemployed out on farm work, and that it was meeting with some success was shown in the reduction of 20 men from the unemployed in the district two or three months ago. There were, however, no single farm workers in the camps. At present there were only six single men on the county relief schemes.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19341121.2.19
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 304, 21 November 1934, Page 2
Word Count
118FARM WORKERS SCARCE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 304, 21 November 1934, Page 2
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Standard. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in