WOMEN AND MUNITIONS.
600,000 NOW AT WORK. ■ i THE NUMBER INCREASING. (Australian and X.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON", January 23. Speaking at the Mansion House, Dr. Addison (Minister of Munitions) said women had taken a splendid part in war work. Half-a-inillioii women were engaged in the production of. munitions, and the number was increasing at the rate of 34,000 monthly. He paid a warm tribute to the work of the Young Women's Christian Association. Lord Sydenham said the nation could not appreciate too much, women's wartime work, and their readiness to risk their lives. Dr. Addison stated • that he required another 4,000 women munition workers monthly.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 21, 24 January 1917, Page 5
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