SUSTENANCE PREFERRED.
TO WORK ON FARMS. Per Press Association.AUCKLAND, Aug. 30. “I have more ambition in. life than shunting cows round.” “I do not in-: tend to be a dry nurse to cows.” These 'j two statements are samples of reasons f given why young men in-the city on i sustenance are not prepared to accept work in the country. Information compiled by the Placement Officer in Auckland has disclosed v a marked aversion by young men receiving £1 weekly to work in the country when offered £2 2s 6d weekly and their keep. Single men on sustenance have been informed that work is offering in the country and ill the event of their non-acceptance they will be asked to state the reasons for their refusal. So far ten have accept-; ed out of three hundred. The general tenor of the replies is that they do not like cows, farm work, or country life. /
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 231, 30 August 1937, Page 2
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154SUSTENANCE PREFERRED. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 231, 30 August 1937, Page 2
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