HOME GUARDS
RELIEF FOR FARM WORKERS (P.A.) Ashburton, Sept. 26. After a conference with Brigadier Rowllings, officer commanding the Southern Military area, and other officers, regarding Home Guard conditions. the Ashburton County Council is to suggest to the Minister of Defence that members of the Home Guard of more than 50 years of age should be relieved of weekly Guard duties, so that the time could be devoted to primary production. It was decided to emphasise that other workers were exempt from Home Guard duties, and the council felt that farm workers were entitled to at least equal consideration, as no man could be expected to last long on a sevenday week. Other industries, mostly on a 40-hour week, had a day of rest; the farm worker had none.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 228, 28 September 1942, Page 3
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129HOME GUARDS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 228, 28 September 1942, Page 3
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