§ 49. Colonel Ropnerasked the Minister of Agriculture the present total of persons who have enrolled for work in his Department's camps during the coming harvest; and whether he is satisfied that at the present rate of enrolment there will be sufficient workers to deal with the harvest.
§ Mr. T. WilliamsBookings for the earlier part of the season have been encouraging; 52,000 volunteers had enrolled by 31st May, as against 36,000 at the same date in 1946. Bookings for September-November, while better than last year, were only 9,000, and while the supply of labour for the harvest should be generally adequate, I should be glad to see many more volunteers in the later months.