THOSE APPEAL BOARDS.
" What's that ?" said the Chairman of one of the Military Appeal Boards to an elderly farmer, "You want an exemption for your shepherd ? Ridiculous ! Absurd ! Nonsense ! Pooh-pooh !" " But I connot get on without him ! I can't keep going ! He's ,the only reliable man I've got!" "Preposterous! You can easily get someone else to take his place» Why don't you try a woman ?" " A woman! Have you ever heard of a woman shepherd ? " " Well, I—-er— er— er—" "I only heard of one woman who ever tried to be a shepherd. That was Little 80-Peep. And you know what happened there —she lost them.
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 12 April 1917, Page 3
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105THOSE APPEAL BOARDS. Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 12 April 1917, Page 3
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