BOYS ON THE LAND

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 59, Issue 47, 27 March 1930, Page 7

BOYS ON THE LAND

CHANGES IN NEW£ ZEALAND. "WORK, EAT AND SLEEP.'i = Interesting views regarding the . chances of boys on the land in New (Zealand succeeding were expressed- at the Empire Farmers'- Conference in Wellington. Mr A. Johnson (England)* said he had come to New Zealand as an assisted immigrant 20 years ago and had made good becaUse he worked hard. To do any good in New Zealand a boy ,had to be content to work, eat and sieep. If he wanted the ple'asures oi the eity he should stay in the " Old iCountry, - ... - ■ The chaiiman, ,'Mr W. J. Polson, M.P., said the Dominion had been en-tii-ely populated by immigrants ; from .the Old' Country, and a^lot of the pioneers had mad© good. It ha'd to be rememhered, that New Zealand owed a duty in the first place to her -own' young men . who wahted tp; gd-. bii .the land. Thativ3a^^6F"'heceskarily 'mean that the door would be close'd on' boys from overseas, and he was ?one who believed that there were still chances for yo.ung fellows in New Zealand. It was an entire mistake to think othenvise. Mr W. B. Matheson (New Zealand) said tlie trouble in New Zealand was that as "a result of tlie action of the Arbitration Court a privileged class had been established in the towns.