OTHER PEOPLE’S IDEAS
WOMEN IN WAR TIME (To the Editor.) Sir—The .letter of “Middle-aged Housewife” is decidedly intriguing. It is quite evident, however, that the writer does not belong to those “who can take it.” There should be no doubt in anyone’s mind that war time conditions, with an enemy already taking toll of our shipping, interfering with our imports of goods and bringing the war steadily nearer to our shores, must and will cause many disturbances of our ordinary ways of living. Nor is it quite fair to suggest that milkmen always spill milk on floors and are impertinent. Nor are shop assistants always cheeky. I am one oi those women she referes to. I work in the bakehouse, I help with soldiers teas and generally try to do my bit. I recognise that it is easy to let frayed nerves get out of contol and that most people who have services to perform are doing so under difficulties. It is part of the game to be able “to take it” and not try to give it back m return. Exaggerating difficulties does not help and all in all I think up till now we have had little to grouch over. Yours, etc., CARRY-ON. Masterton, June 6
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 June 1942, Page 2
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