ROOM FOR WOMEN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 76, 31 March 1941, Page 7

ROOM FOR WOMEN.

INCREASE IN WAR WORK. (Reed. 9.30 a.m.) RUGBY, Marl 30. "Room can be found at present for 100,000 women in factories devoted to the war effort," said the Minister of Labour. Mr. Ernest Bevin, speaking in Bristol. The number of vacancies would increase enormously as new factories came into operation, he added. Mr. Bevin also stressed that he wanted a 30 per cent increase in ship repairing and in the speed of turning round ship* in port. "I would like every man in every ship-reparrtng yard in the country to regard every rivet as a bullet as he drives it in and to know that he is doing as much to win this war as if he was actually using a rifle or a machine-gun." he added. Symbolic of Britain's determination to throw all her resources into the struggle is a call from the Ministry of Supply for a census of all unessential railings and ironwork in 15 provincial towns. This is expected to "disclose a reserve of hundreds of thousands of tons of scrap metal. In London many tons of railings have been turned into war material.

The Queen visited four salvage centres during a tour of Paddington where in six months over 1000 tons of salvaged materials and 18,000 milk bottles have been disposed of, realising over £3300.