WHO WOULD BE BOSS?

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXXII, Issue 8872, 10 February 1943, Page 3

WHO WOULD BE BOSS?

OWNER OR SHAREMILKER? An interesting point of view was expressed at Thursday's sitting of the No. 2 Armed Forces Appeal Board at Te Aroha when a farmer was asked if he could not assist his sharemilker if the latter's son was released for military duties. The reply was that he couid do this if it was absolutely necessary.

The sharemilker: The position would become a little complicated. The owner of the herd would not expect to take orders from an employee and the sharemilker being the man responsible, would expect his orders to be carried out—l would, anyway! A board member: I'm sure you would call a truce while the war is on if differences of opinion do occur. Anyway, it does anybody good, including the boss, to obey orders now and then! The appeal was adjourned until the end of the season to enable arrangements to be made. Maori race than the present Government. Land Development "Then there is another factor of far-reaching importance, namely the Native Land Development Scheme and the Native Housing Scheme, both of which are striking evidence of the interest taken by the Government in the well-being of the Maori. "The following are the figures showing the cash expenditure to the nearest £1 from the period 1934 to 1941 in connection with expenditure on native land development and Maori housing: Year ended

"It is a sine qua non that only the best results can be obtained from the name by enabling and encouraging them to think for, and organise themselves, from within themselves. Tribal Committees "There are at the moment over '360 tribal and tribal executive committees operating throughout the length and breadth of New Zealand whose fundamental aims and objects are, firstly, the whole-hearted prosecution of the war effort and secondly the rehabilitation of themselves to enable them to compete on equal terms with their pakeha brothers and sisters in the after-war reconstruction of New Zealand. "These tribal committees are working out, and can be relied upon in the future to work out their own destiny on the basis of independence and equality. Nearly a century of leeway has to be made up but with the help and sympathetic consideration at the hands* of his pakeha friends the Maori people will be well on the way to working out their own salvation untinged with charity."

March 31 Development Housing 1934 . £319,497 1935 £230,273 1936 £249,545 1937 £373,150 1938 £648,600 £7,868 1939 £999,506 £66,935 1940 £905,779 £134,682 1941 - £858,629 £188,598