U tto course of a letter from France * ew Zealand soldier says:—"l am WUkfnl that I have chosen the life on Ue land, as it will come easy to mo "return and put to practical use the enable lessons in agriculture ■which I ~ v e learned out here. This is a wodJ'rhu country, and offers a permanent •woa in intense cultivation. I am •Stain now that we in New Zealand s>er really understood what intense Ration meant. I marvel at the Wi the 'women of France- are doing *»rds maintaining their reputation winning the war. The man«o4 of France is fighting to the last J*Sble recruit, and only the women Jp old men are left to carry on. Yet tr ?" te °* " I S eve,r y aci "e of land is Producing bb much as' it ever produced, , ™'y women working in the fields do' - re ' d °' Dg meDS Work aI1(i tieir- {" Well- without a grumble. tileh! _ * i = reat ant * g'orious part, and J Burden of sorrow _ second only to ,s__ sacrifice."
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 246, 15 October 1917, Page 7
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