Lord on Ladder
SOON after the outbreak of the last war I attended a meeting of New Zealanders in England. We (some 200 strong) gathered together in a very large room in one of London’s hotels. Sir Thomas McKenzie explained that the main object of the meeting was to form a New Zealand Women’s War
Workers’ Association in England, and also to raise funds to carry on the good work. After announcing the news that the New Zealand Government had made an initial contribution of £25,000, Sir Thomas called for subscriptions from amongst those present. I think I’m right in saying that the response nett an average of £100 a head. The association was duly formed and some
New Zealand men lent helping hands with the heavier jobs. I dropped in one day to their headquarters and. discovered a shortish man on the top of a ladder stacking packages away on high shelves. When he came down for another load I noticed that he had a monocle in his eye. This struck me as being rather unusual for a man in dungarees, but I soon discovered that he was none other than Lord Plunket, one-time Governor of New Zealand. — ("Just Women in Wartime," by Major F, H. Lampen, 2YA, August 28.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 117, 19 September 1941, Page 5
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