Schoolboys to Help With Harvest

Manawatu Times, Volume 67, Issue 256, 29 October 1942, Page 4

Schoolboys to Help With Harvest

MINISTER ANNOUNCES DETAIL* Per Preae Association. WELLINGTON. Oct- 28. “As was the case tn Britain where teachers and pupils have enabled the harvest to be brought in, we in New Zealand will need every available pair of hands to bring in the harvest, this year,” Hon. H. G. R. MaSon said when announcing a scheme whereby schoolboy* and teachers will help on farms dur.ng the summer vacation. The Alinister said the scheme had been arranged by the Education National Service and Agriculture Departments. The right type of schoolbos'S would be sent where needed and all would be treated as members of the farmer’s own family and be paid award wages. City boys had worked on farms last year and farmers praised them. Many more farmers wanted assistance this year and it was believed the schools could supply & large part of it. If seasonal work required their services the boys would be excused from school during February and those who were not sitting examinations would be allowed away before the end of the school year in December. The Railway Department would grant a substantial concession to boys travelling to work and those who worked a month or longer would havo their return fare refunded. Teachers and students had also been asked to take up farm work during the vacation and District Manpower Officers would arrange places for them as for boys but they could arrange positions for themselves if they wished to do so.