AGRICULTURAL LABOUR
A SYSTEM BROKEN DOWX. The contract system of threshing has been in vogue in the Ashburton county since it - was first settled, but the crops within a few miles of the sea coast arc so poorly headed, yet bulky, that the men on threshing machines are barely making sufficient, although working hard,- to pay for their food (says the "Ashburton Guardian"). For two weeks' work the men on one mill, after allowing for their food, made 13 4d per week. At the latter end of last week they bfcame so discontented that they decided to work by the hour and found, as an alternative to striking. The millowner agreed to pay an hour wage, and as a result of this it will be necessary for the C'Wiicr of the thresher to charge the farmer by the hour. Men on other machines in the district are also discouraged, and, it is understood, that an agreement will be entered into to thresh and pay tho men by the hour.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7038, 28 January 1910, Page 10
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169AGRICULTURAL LABOUR New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7038, 28 January 1910, Page 10
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