WORK ON THE LAND

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21615, 6 October 1933, Page 10

WORK ON THE LAND

HEALTHFUL AVOCATION LORD BLEDISLOE'S ADVICE "Do rfbt be afraid to turn your hand to work on the land," were the concluding words of advice given by the Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe, to a gathering of unemployed boys at the Y.M.C.A. in Christchurch. His Excellency said that he felt there were going to be plenty of opportunities for remunerative work on the land. With reference to such work ho had discovered, whenxin Auckland, that many boys were afraid to tackle work on the land, as they did not feel physically fit for it; but he pointed out that in one of the most crowded and unhealthy cities in Great Britain a movement to put young men on the land had met with surprising success. Every boy had been told that in the first few weeks lie had to remember to build up his physical strength. After a time each boy found that he had the capacity to do the work, and that he was feeling fitter than ever before. Advantages of work on the land, said Lord Bledisloe, were, first, that it would present a good career for those fitted for it and, secondly, that it would broaden the outlook of a man to be able to live in tho open air and to work on a farm with tho enormous variety of interests which farm life to live'in the towns and obtain employment in the towns it was not going to bo for the best.