SOLDIERS FOR FARM LABOUR
RETURN OF MEN FROM PACIFIC Wellington, May 12. An important statement was made to-day b> the Minister of Industrial Manpower, the Hon. A. McLagen, regarding the return of men for a period from the Pacific for increased food production. He said the present plans did not provide for the return of any mep from the Middle East and no action could be taken on applications of farmes for the release of former employees now serving in that theatre, although many of these had been received. The Minister said a fairly liberal estimate had been made of the number of additional farm employees required to increase production and he was confident that sufficient labour of a suitable type would be available from men returning from the Pacific. As far as was practicable experienced workers would be returned to the farms from which they came, but no guarantee could be given as to when any particular man would be available. The important thing was for farmers to advise the Department immediately as to what men were required and to give ail particulars asked for on Form NX 209 —P.A.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19440513.2.43
Bibliographic details
Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 13 May 1944, Page 4
Word Count
191SOLDIERS FOR FARM LABOUR Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 13 May 1944, Page 4
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Nelson Evening Mail. 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