Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 242, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1917 — WAR WORK TO COME FIRST [ARTICLE]

WAR WORK TO COME FIRST

New Zealand Efficlencyßoard Reaches Out for Every Man In the Country—Woman's Turn Coming. The national efficiency board, created by the New Zealand goveritmeht, has decided that every man and woman in the dominion must engage in war work if necessity,arises. It also sent a circular to school boards suggesting that the midwinter holiday in July be curtailed, and the time saved thenlbe

added to the, .midsummer Christmas holidays. This gave about eight weeks’ vacation, during which the larger boys assisted In sheep shearing, fruit-pick-ing, hop gathering and other outdoor work. Lost Christinas a number of schoolboys did this ami-some of them earned from SSO upward. Some measure of the kind was necessary, owing to the steady depletion of labor by conscription. fi t only for home military service were organized for war work though women were not. But if the war long con-

ztinues female labor is likely to be similarly utilized..