IMMIGRATION URGED
FARM LABOUR PROBLEM
ANXIETY IN TARANAKI
Support for an immigration scheme on the line* of that proposed in the Auckland province was given by the North Taranaki executive of the Fanners' Union at New Plymouth, when grave anxiety was expressed regarding the farm labour position in the corning season. It was said that fanners could not hope if compote with the Public Works Department's wages of £4 for a five-day week.
The Auckland scheme proposed the immigration, with the assistance of the Overseas Settlement. Hoard, of young men between the ages of 18 and 26. carefully selected to ensure that they would be satisfactory farm workers when they arrived. It was suggested, however, that little could Tie 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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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19044, 18 June 1936, Page 14
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172IMMIGRATION URGED Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19044, 18 June 1936, Page 14
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