WOMEN'S WAR-WORK
The adaptability of women to the bearing of arms was an ancient discovery of partial success. The adaptability of women to the manufacture of munitions is a. modern development of unmeasured success, for,, according to the testimony of British ironmasters, the women have uvlipeml Uiq wen. Kv«n bo, mmutimi' making is only a portion ai tius war-
work sphere of women. In New Zealand- munition-making is a negligible quantity, but replacement labour is a big factor, and the women who have approached it in its many phases deserve the tribute paid them last night by the Minister for Internal Affairs. Incidentally, the Minister made it clear that he does not regard replacement labour as displacement labour; or, in other words, he maintains that soldiers' positions are held in trust for them. Generally speaking, the justice of this principle is unchallengeable; but, from the point of view of expediency, there will be exceptions. Many returned soldiers may prefer displacement. Insofar as their tendency may be to go from city to country, it is to be encouraged. A reverse process would be retrograde. That is one reason why soldier-settlement is of first importance. What the scope of women labour in the post-war period will be no one can say; but its present advantages are manifest.
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Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 58, 6 September 1916, Page 6
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215WOMEN'S WAR-WORK Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 58, 6 September 1916, Page 6
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