Woman Gaoled For Not Obeying Manpower Officer
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, This Day, The first woman in New Zealand to be imprisoned for a breach of the manpower regulations is Dorothy Emily, better known as Mrs, Bruce, who was given a two-days’ term by Mr. W. C. Harley, S.M., today, on a charge of failing to comply with a direction of the Manpower Officer. She had been before the Court previously and had been warned. The magistrate said she must realise that she could not defy the manpower officers, , ‘
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Northern Advocate, 15 December 1943, Page 4
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