WOMEN FOR FARMS
A scheme for the formation s of a women’s land army, intended to assist in relieving the shortage of labour on farms, was referred to by Mr J. H. Purniss, a vice-president of the Auckland provincial council of the Farmers’ Union, who said he had recently attended a conference held in Wellington to discuss proposals. Mr Purniss said that the Farmers’ Union, the Women's Division of the union and the women's institutes had been in touch with the Director of National Service, Mr J. S. Hunter, to see whether it was possible to organise a women's land army. At the conference he attended the Government representatives stated they were going to take steps in conjuncion with the parties concerned with a view to mobilising women for farm work. The Government had intimated its willingness to pay a subsidy during the period it would be necessary to train inexperienced women in their new duties. The scheme envisaged the employment of women over the age of 18. No woman would be employed on a farm unless there was at least one experienced adult male capable of doing heavy work for which women were unfitted.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24723, 27 September 1941, Page 10
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