GIRLS AS SHEPHERDS.
/ “CALL FROM NEW ZEALAND.’’ NEW YORK PAPER’S STORY. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept- S. It often happen that one has to go away from home to hear news. Tins paragraph from the New York HeraldTribune may, or may not, come within that category : . . “ ‘Wanted —Girls as Shepherdesses. This call for aid has just been broadcast in Great .Britain by the New Zealand: and Australian Governments. It is made clear, however, that Dresden shepherdesses with beribboned crooks and picturesque costumes are' not wanted. There will be no opportunity to play at farming, as the members of the French, court onc e played in the search for a new thrill. Young, women recruited will have to undergo a preliminary course of three months and must be> prepared to perform hard manual labour. On arrival, the shepherdesses will lie placed on various sheep farms which are short of help. The experiment is oart of the general movement to o-et the surplus population out. of England.”—Auckland Herald.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 6 October 1926, Page 8
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164GIRLS AS SHEPHERDS. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 6 October 1926, Page 8
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