Varsity Students To Work During Vacation

Northern Advocate, 25 November 1942, Page 5

Varsity Students To Work During Vacation

(P.A.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The position of male universily students in relation to direction to work during the summer vacation was explained by the Minister for Industrial Manpower (Mr McLagan) today. He stated that all male students were available for direction by district manpower officers and would be interviewed and directed by these officers to whatever work of national importance was in need of their services.

Many students were due to enter camp for three months’ military training, but the Government had decided, in view of the manpower position, that if they are required for work of national importance, they would be released. The only exception was of students' in the dental and medical corps who would be required to enter camp in February for a month's training.

Freezing Works, Farms

Some students had made their own arrangements to work during the long vacation, and, in cases of students doing (practical work necessary for their professional training—such as mining and engineering students — these arrangements would not be interfered with but they would be required to notify district manpower officers, as would other students who had made arrangements to work during the vacation and these arrangements also, if of sufficient national importance, would not be interfered with. Mr McLagan added that students were particularly required to assist in freezing works and on fai’ms.