VALUE OF MACHINES FOR DRAINAGE
(By Telegraph—Press Associr.licnl INVERCARGILL, Dec. 14. The employment of 1000 men in clearing private land in Southland to bring it into production was envisaged by the Minister of Labour, Mr P. C. Webb, when replying to a deputation from the Southland provincial executive of the Farmers’ Union. 1 The Minister said he hoped to have 10,000 men throughout New Zealand placed on farms to clear up land and bring into production thousands of acres now overrun by blackberries and scrub. Farmers were expected to find about 25 per cent, of the money. The deputation met the Minister to bring before him the question of land development in Southland, more particularly in regard to drainage. 2t had previously met the Minister of Agriculture, Mr W. Lee Martin. Mr Webb said that drainage was a big problem, but machines could now do work almost impossible to do in the past.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 296, 15 December 1939, Page 8
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