FARM WORKERS MOBILIZED
Protest By Union In Auckland PRODUCTION ■ AFFECTED (P.A.) AUCKLAND, May 23. Resentment of the reecnt call-up of farm workers for military service was expressed at the annual provincial conference of the' New Zealand Farmers’ Union today. The chairman, Mr H. M. Rushworth, said that if the men went there would be a production drop of at least 25 per cent. “No previous action has knocked production so badly as this call-up has done,” said Mr W. W. Mulholland, the Dominion president. “No explanation of the necessity of the call-up has been given, and farmers have not been communicated with to inform them that there is a real need for such a great sacrifice to be made. If there is a vital need for the men to be taken the farmers would do their best without them. Unfortunately, they are not satisfied with that position in the light of the lack of information on the subject.” From “inside” knowledge, it appeared that there had been a lack of consideration of the matter before the instructions were issued, Mr Mulholland added. He had done everything possible to get the Government to reconsider the position, and he was not satisfied that such an important question had received the Consideration it merited.
A resolution was carried drawing the Government’s attention to the effect the call-up would have on the primary producing industry.
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Southland Times, Issue 25680, 24 May 1945, Page 6
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