FARM LABOUR CONDITIONS
(To the Kditor of the ~ Sir.—Reading about, - ' shortage erf farm labour in, Tuesday .‘night's issiie qI the Herald, I think'your correspondent is entirely wrong, as he says it was because of rat and lice-infested, leaky, draughty, dirty, ramsliackle shacks are scarcely fit to house-a dog, let alone a man. That is not correct, for I have seen with my own eyes that nine farns out of ten are kept clean and are up-to-date. He continued that the farm hanc§> were looked upon with contempt aup considered veiy low, and furthermore, lie said the food' was of the poorest anß cheapest, quality, and in very - limited quantities. Well, wherever I have becli (and I think wherever' anyone else' hub been, too), the food has been the we could wish for. I myself have beejn treated as one of the family wherever D have been. He said that in many cass youths and experienced men are expected to work before daylight and aftqjr dark, but I say that is only necessaiy on big farms. I think that if vour correspondent went out and did a clay’s work, it would do him the world of good.—Yours, etc., COWBOY DOCK, j
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19123, 18 September 1936, Page 9
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200FARM LABOUR CONDITIONS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19123, 18 September 1936, Page 9
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