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Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 7912, 28 July 1917, Page 4 (Supplement)

“Wo arc now nearing the close of the third vear of this calamitous war,” says the .annual report of tho Wellington branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute, “and it is interesting to noto the very large number of teachers who have joined the colours to uphold tho honour of our Empire. In this education district no fewer than 33 1-3 pci cent of the male teachers have been accepted for military service abroad, ft now becomes a matter for serious consideration whether the teaching profession should continue to be depleted, for, according to figures quoted by Captain Walker, thxwinilitnry representative, be fore the First Wellington Military Board, out of 1078 teachers eligible for military service 525 have onlirterd, and oniv 12 of the men in the First Division Lave not enlisted.”