FARM WORK FOR BOYS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21855, 18 July 1934, Page 12

FARM WORK FOR BOYS

EFFORTS OF COMMITTEES MINISTER'S SATISFACTION [BY TELECRAPH PBESS ASSOCIATION 1 WELLINGTON". Tuesday Satisfaction -rrith tbe -n-ork V>einfr done by local organisations to place youths and boys in employment was expressed by the Minister of Employment, the Hon. A. Hamilton, to-day. He said the Unemployment Board was always ready to assist boys who were placed in work and, although there had been numerous complaints about lack of assistance given to boys and women, the work being done for them was, in some ways, more satisfactory than what was being done under the No. 5 scheme. There was a satisfactory demand for boys who would undertake farm work, said Mr. Hamilton, and in some districts boys were not available for the positions offering. However, the farmers wanted boys who knew something about farm work, and committees in the main centres were assisting in that direction. Boys from Auckland were being sent to Ruakura for training, and there was a movement in Wellington to establish a camp at Penrose Station, Masterton. The Minister mentioned the work of the Young Men's Christian Association in this connection. He said the board was prepared to assist with the training, and an arrangement to establish the camp would probably be reached.

An inquiry made at the Ruakura State Farm yesterday showed that so far no advice had been received that unemployed boys were being sent to Ruakura for training in farm work. The suggestion was discussed about a year ago, it was .stated, but no action was taken at that time.