WOMEN’S LAND ARMY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1737, 6 October 1917, Page 4

WOMEN’S LAND ARMY.

i Another requisition was made by the Imperial Board of Agriculture early in July for additional volunteers for the Women’s Land Army. Several thousand women have found work on the land in response to the , original National Service appeal made in the early spring, but there was still an urgent demand from all parts of the country for more women workers. The new dc-. -maud did not arise from the immediate necessities of the summer season, as most of the women were required for milking and stock-keep-ing. The women’s section of (lie National Service Department is careful not to disturb existing occupations, and not to reqrnit women already engaged on work of national importance. Givis who arc jveraited • under the Mumnal Service scheme enlist, (V■ . duration of the war for •><-• iimo service. They receive ITm uman-cWtrU ing training; IT.; •, XX , con.-isting of breech.>y'^, V( /.- a,' t, and high ■Ttdtr.; .(ravelling expenses in connection with-'heir work; a minimum wage of 18s a week, or the district rale, whichever is higher; free maintenance during terms of unemployment: up to four weeks at a time; housing, personally inspected and approved by (lie M omen’s War Agricultural Committee in each county; and work on carefully selected farms, witii promotion and higher pay as a reward for good service.