WOMEN'S WAR WORK

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 2, 2 July 1943, Page 5

WOMEN'S WAR WORK

MAJOR SKINNER IMPRESSED

" (Special P.A. Correspondent) Rec. 10.45 a.m. LONDON, July 1. "I must say I have been very agreeably surprised since I came to England," said Major C. F. Skinner, M.C., the New Zealand M.P., whose stay is drawing to a close. He has addressed over 100 meetings in Britain on the subject of New Zealand's war effort and has visited nearly 150 factories. "I came here expecting to see long faces because of the bombing and to find Che people half-starved, but I have not seen any despondency and have often been unable to eat all the food that was set before, me. I have been greatly impressed by . the work women are doing and also with the amenities provided for workers in factories. Women are working as long as 101 hours a day in shifts. There are many girls, working as machinesetters and in key positions, who are doing over 70 . hours a week. Some of them, after 18 months' experience, are doing work which it would have been considered impossible for them to do two years ago because it was believed to be outside women's sphere.'*:. . ; : . ;