Radio Operators Needed For Service in the W.A.A.F.
There is an urgent need for wireless operators for the Women's Auxiliary: Air Force, according to advice received by Mrs. G. S. Millar, New Plymouth, president of the Women's War Service Auxiliary. The preliminary standard required in Morse before entering tlxe Royal New Zealand Air Force electrical and wireless school is that at a speed of 12 words a minute an operator must be able to read in plain language, 250 characters in four minutes, in letter groups 90 letters ,in two minutes, in figure groups- 60 figures in two minutes. All girls joining the W.A.A.F. are given facilitiqs to learn Morse, and if on their own initiative they" can attain the required speed they are sent for training to the school.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 August 1942, Page 2
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130Radio Operators Needed For Service in the W.A.A.F. Taranaki Daily News, 22 August 1942, Page 2
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