Organising Manpower
A request to the Government to accelerate any steps it may be taking toward compiling a national register of manpower and to do whatever possible for the organisation of a compulsory system of training for home defence was contained in a resolution approved by the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Journalists’ Association at its annual meeting. Women’s Land Army Opposition to the suggestion that a women’s land army be formed in New Zealand was expressed at a meeting of the Waikato executive of the Farmers Union in Hamilton. Mr. J. H. Furniss said it was ridiculous to urge girls to work on farms when there were young men in shops doing work women could easily do. When » no young men were available consideration could be given to the employment of women. Mrs. J. Courtney said what the Women’s Division of the union really wanted was help in the homes. The division did not consider a women’s land army was necessary.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19400508.2.51
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20241, 8 May 1940, Page 6
Word Count
163Organising Manpower Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20241, 8 May 1940, Page 6
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in