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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 264, 8 November 1945, Page 4

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Sir,—l want to assure “Farm Hand” that I would be the last to suggest that he isn’t entitled to all the butter and cream that he wants. I wanted to point out that farmers had a right not enjoyed by other sections. Why is it that so many people on farms think they work so much harder than anyone else? I must admit I had the same ideas when I was on a farm. It wasn’t until I took on other jobs that. I got to know what hard, heavy work really was. I was rather 1 amused at my friend’s remarks about a “lie in” on Sunday and my having a nice read while he was still in the shod. I am up at 5 every morning, Sunday included, and often finish work at 10 n.m. Some nights I work until midnight and on occasions have had to work Io 3 a»m. and be back on the job at 8 a.m. the same morning. Many people are not aware that the 40-hour week on many jobs, is In name only. I am on one of these jobs and looking through mv time-book I find a large number of 84-hour weeks, some between that figure and the hundred and for ope fortnight, 210 hours worked. I left my last farm job because the house wp lived in had the water in, only when it rained; then we had 100 much. I tried to get a I farm job many times since then. I J replied to„many advertisements and.