LABOUR FOR FARMS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 276, 20 November 1937, Page 7

LABOUR FOR FARMS

AUSTRALIAN APPLICANTS AUCKLAND MAKES MOVE [ Per Press Association. ] AUCKLAND, Nov. 19. A move to secure farm labour from outside the Dominion has been initiated by the Auckland Provincial Farmers’ Union, which to-morrow advertises that numerous applications for employment on farms have been received from New South, Wales. This step has been taken by the union on account of inability of New I Zealand farmers to obtain tne requis- i ite labour to carry on their operations. An advertisement inviting Australians to make application lor situations in New Zealand was in- 1 sorted in the Sydney Morning Herald on November 6 by the Auckland Provincial secretary, Mr. A. E. Robinson, to whom persons interested were invited to write. In a statement to-day Mr. Robin-, son said that by the Mariposa mail this week 89 applications had been received, some of which covered several men. The matter of arranging for the transport of applicants had created a difficulty, continued Mr. Robinson. If an attempt was made to obtain a refund of any passage money from the subsequent payment of wages by farmers that course might be deemed illegal and amount to an indenture. “It is no use advertising for labour in Auckland as men cannot be got,” said Mr. Robinson. .“The labour can be supplied from Australia if the Government will arrange to get the men here, and we propose to ask the Government to make the necessary arrangements.” He added that meantime particulars of the Australian applicants were being made available to all interested farmers.