IMMIGRATION URGED
FARM LABOUR PROBLEM ANXIETY IN TARANAKI [by TKI.EGRAI'H—OWN correspondent] NEW PLYMOUTH, Friday Support for an immigration scheme on the linos of that proposed in the Auckland Province was given by the North Tnranaki executive of the Farmers' Union to-day, when grave anxiety was expressed regarding the farm labour position in the coming season. It was said that farmers could not hope to compete with the Public Works Department's wages of £1 for a fivoda.v week. The Auckland scheme proposed the immigration, with the assistance of the Overseas Settlement Board, of' young men between the ages of 18 and 25, carefully selected to ensure that they will be satisfactory farm workers when they arrive. \ It was suggested, however, that little could be done until the extent of'the labour requirements was known and for that reason a delegate suggested they should await the result of the Government's survey, but this raised the objection that following that course would involve a delay and would not meet the serious position expected to arise in the coming season.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22444, 13 June 1936, Page 14
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