BOYS FOR FARMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 251, 21 September 1929, Page 2

BOYS FOR FARMS.

NONE OFFERING IN AUCKLAND. PROSPECTS OF ULTIMATE SETTLEMENT. (By Telegraph.—Special to Standard.) AUCKLAND, Sept. 20. About 24 boys have been found positions on farms through the agency of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce since its scheme for placing boys on the land was introduced some time ago. Dr. Neale, the secretary, reported to tho council to-day that apparently no boys were looking for work on farms at the moment as none were offering themselves. The schools had been circularised on the question Mr Lunn said that it was regrettable that so few boys were desirous of going on the land. “We felt that there were a number of boys getting into blind alley occupations here and we did our best to get them jobs on farms,” he added. “It is important for parents to realise that there is now a chance for their boys to get out of the city. “This only emphasises the claim of those engaged in the secondary industries, that if young people desire to work in factories in the city they are going to do it,” said Mr Allum. “That is why secondary industries should be encouraged in order that those workers who will not go on the farms can he absorbed.” Mr Ellingham said that boys would never be induced to go on the land until a settlement scheme offering a chance of ultimate ownership of their own property was introduced.