LEAVING THE FARMS
YOUNG MEN OF BRITAIN ROAD WORK AND ARMY (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The dilemma in which Britain discovers herself because young farm workers are being attracted from the land to public works, or to serve in the forces, was described by Major H. Westmacqtt, who arrived by the Awatea to-day after spending nearly a year in England. The rural population in England was coming tb a standstill, he said, and might go back. Road works attracted many men, and young farmers were going into the army. The Government, local bodies and landowners were doing their best to keep men on the land, because they were wanted to produce enough to remove the threat of a blockade in war time. Good homes were being built for the workers, but the rents were too high at 8s weekly. The aim was 3s weekly. The farm wage was £1 16s weekly.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19601, 5 April 1938, Page 7
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