FARM LABORER’S DISPUTE
MR THORN’S ADDRESS. (Press Association.) “ CHRISTOHUROH, May 12. Continuing (his address before the. Conciliation Board yesterday in the farm laborers’ dispute, Mr Thorn, who conducted tlie case for the farm laborers, contended] that Mr James Hay (Timaru) lhad remarked on the fact that the'enormous majority of the mem working in the country were single men and young men, aiJM his remark was borne out by the evidence.' iNo one else could afford to work for the farmer, who, employing men at wages that did- not enable them to marry, came to the Board' and bragged. about the savings of their men, of their desire to be left alone. -The fact that these men could save, and did save, was a 'national loss, and. not a national gain. What benefit was it to the nation for some of the finest specimens of its manhood- to be 'turned into workers and savers, instead of husbands and fathers? What gain was it if the money bags were filled and the cradles were empty ? That ■was a phase of the matter that the Board must necessarily take into consideration.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2189, 13 May 1908, Page 3
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188FARM LABORER’S DISPUTE Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2189, 13 May 1908, Page 3
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