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North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 30938, 23 July 1917, Page 7

f}' WOMEN IN KHAKI. The number of women in England who wear uniforms of different styles increases each week, If war conditions continue much longer, it will be as unusual to see a young woman in civilian clolhes as it is to see a young man in the tweeds of everyday life, , In London platoons and companies of Maki-clad young women frequently drill in the parks. Tliey belong to the "V.A.D." (Voluntary Aid Detachment to the "W.S.C." (Women's Sigiiallers' Corps) or to the " W.Ii.A." .(Women's Relief Association). Girls in short khaki skirts and puttees wear- , ing upon the shoulders- of their smartlyfitting tunics the magic' letters "8.F.C." (Royal Flving Corps)' in exact duplicate to the "Tommies" of . tfeat splendid division xif our service. These "R.F.C." girls are employed as\ . mechanics in aeroplane hangars, or as 'clerks In the adjutants', offices, or 83 cooks at camps;