BRITAIN'S PART.

North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 13983, 20 November 1917, Page 6

BRITAIN'S PART.

- AEMY Or WOKEN WORKERS. t j, 'J -"/T < * NEARLY, FIVE.MILLION ENGAGED 1 __/ j < ,' is (Australian and/N.Z, Cablo Association) "" [ November 17, , It is officially stated that theirs aio now over M f,750,000 women workers in Butaili, of.'whom ovoi 1,250,000' are in Govormnonti employ, including 670,000 in munition works. Sineo tho war started' the number of women .workers has incien'scd'by nearly 1,500,000. HEEL OF~THE HUN. BRUTALITIES IN ALSACE. i _____ GERMANS' CHANGED ATTITUDE /Australian nnd N Z fable Asinciation) BERNE, November 18 The Ga/ottc do Lausanne says:—The Gei mans haw foiccd many hundreds of \oung AKatmn gnls to do henvj mill tniy woik at the fiont, and have denlt severely with.those refusing. Now that Germany feels that tho hour of reckoning is approaching, the Berlin Government" announces that all girls under 'seventeen years of age will be liberated for the moral and religious training provided for those employed.