Match Against Yorkshire. '

(By Eleotrio Telegraph— Copyright.)

(Por United Frosi Association.) ,

argument in their favour, and pub lish statements that they cannot verify, the truth, of. < Some members ,of 'Parliament .profess to be greatly i iijtere,Bted in the Levin State farm, I and among them is the hon. member ;for Manawatu, Mr J. G. Wilson, I who recently tabled a motion asking I that there be laid before the House a return showing the- rate of wages paid per diem to labourers on the ! State farm at Levin, also what i» the rate of wages upon which contracts »re based which are let to residents on the farm? Commenting on this notice of motion the paper published I in the district — the Levin Express — I says that " men with large families were toiling for their paternal Go vernment on the State farm for 'the munificent wage of 4s per I day," and twits the Premier with not I mentioning that fact when address ing a meeting at OtaM. The editor of the Eipress, however, might have informed its readers what class of men, were employed on the State Farm. • He omittted the very impor ■ tant fact that the men in question are i scarcely what may be termed able bodied ; in fact that many of them | have reached the allotted span, rang ing from 75 years and downwards, and that seven of the men average 62. The editor might likewise have I mentioned that in some of the large families he speaks of there are ohil i dren who should be assisting their parents and not adding to their bur den. The information supplied by the editor about the 4s per day might also be supplemented with hi a opinion whether the 4s per day, was earned by the men on the Farm. Perhaps Mr J. Q>. Wilson might | assist the editor in solving this prob lem and giving the men employment oh his farm, where he would be able to put them to a practical test. As Mr Wilson professes to hare the I welfare of these poor down-trodden men at heart, surely the suggestion is not out of place. We feel certain the Hon. 