FARMS SHORT-HANDED
Sir, —The thanks of the whole fanning community are due to you for your timely leader iu Friday's Hf.rat.o. You point out a vital fact, that 2-">,7-l t adult males pass their time in idleness and draw the lifcblood of this young country in the form of sustenance while farmers are in a desperate position with regard to securing labour. 1 might mention a typical case. .1 secured a youth recently, through the Placement- Office, who hail been on sustenance tor eight months. He has proved himself a good farm hand and is earning the equivalent of £-3 per week, lie has assured nie that most of his sustenance payment went in gambling, drinking, etc. As almost a last straw, we read in Friday's paper that sustenance payment is to be increased. Farmer.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22584, 24 November 1936, Page 13
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