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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3060, 23 April 1917, Page 3

Housing Munition Workers. : Amongst several letters brought to me ,this. week_ in-1; connection. with women's work is one from a 'munition worker in England who was .on tbe ■ pick- list for. some months with overstrained eyes'' (states the. writer of Red. Cross 'Notes in the Christchurch. "Evening News").: Instead, of doing; jiothing, this worker went to France and worked; under the ; French. lied Cros3, until well enough to return to ■the munition factory. The description of the housing of the women workers i 3 interesting, and I give the extract;— "Our factories continue to grow, and ■we have over 40001 : people, and' are turning out, about £4,000,000 worth of munitions £ year. We have had to work out quite, an elaborate schema ior housing and: supervising our women after working hours, and, Miss Pemberton Pigott, who is in charge, is making ,& very, good'job ■of it. fcjlie and her staff Wve about- ]000 to look after.; and see that".they aro properly housed and fed. She has an oftce in the town /for the girls to come to 'when they ' arrritv and' where they can '"see her at' any time; a home for herself and staff, with' beds for about 20 ; girls, and a hostel that puts up about. 60 women,. . and' two'? depots: in' different parts of the.town, each with a canteen, reading, writing, and. sitting-rooms for about . 260; 15 bathrooms, and'a laundry where the girls can;wash their own clothes. The rest of-. the.'.women she has to and see they' are properly looked after in their lodgingß. pay the landladies, and collect the billeting money. She has three assistants, and between •' -them they keep things going_ very well. The work oui; women are doing is very good,''and most of, thorn seem to stand .the conditions very well.". - , •>:

Lady Maxwell's Gift. Lady Maxwell has set a'finri example by the offering of a third of lier capital without interest to thie country as.long as the war lasts (states "The Queen"}. She was •, Mr. andl Mrs. Bonynges daughter, and.a great heiress. Her '■marriage took place in 1892, her husV hand then being in the Black 'Watch. , Already, he had .given promise of a brilliant ■ military career, and' had won the D.S.Q. for" fine work in Egypt. Sir John Maxwell was what is known as "one",of "Kitchener's men," the great Field-Marshal having great, opinion of him. Ho it was who sent him to Ireland as soon as the rehellion broke out. Both Sir John and Lady Maxwell ■were popular in Egypt, where Sir John was for some time Commander-in-Ghief. There Sir John gained! a reputation as a rigid disciplinarian, but those under bis.comniand believed in him to a man and would have followed him anywhere.

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