Farmer Suggests Strike
[Per Press Association. Copyright] BLENHEIM, This D6y.
The belief that under present conditions it would not take much to make the farmers go on strike was expressed by Mr J. B. Barnett at a meeting of the Blenheim branch of the Farmers’ Union.
Mr Barnett made the statement when the price for this year’s barley was being discussed, members being of the opinion that it was far too low, and would not pay working expenses.
“The question is whether we should object,” said Mr Barnett. “If every farmer in New Zealand refused to produce grain, meat and milk, it would not be long before the people squealed. ‘The farmer is being driven to it, and it would not take much more to make him strike. It would soon bring the Government to its knees.”
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Northern Advocate, 22 April 1939, Page 8
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137Farmer Suggests Strike Northern Advocate, 22 April 1939, Page 8
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