WOMEN AS SHEARERS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1668, 21 September 1887, Page 3

WOMEN AS SHEARERS

In the ciurne of an article on the proposal of S-'outh Australian tquitters to introduce women as Bhearera from South y Amtrici, the "Melbourne Argus" re 8 marks : From the telegram it appears nollrngjelse than South American women :' they propose to introduce. Ton thousand ,of them at the It-ast will be requ re ', or a ■ . tomowhat smaller number might suffioe, as it ia intended to parrait a few goode conduct men to share their labors and j c flooiety. Go d-'.onduot men of fair 3 conravoand self confidence will doubtless' * become more numerous as tha proposal is broadly advertised Jacxerooing wi l a'so 9 become a moie popular occupation. Some • of the goiden youths of the city might 7 even be willing to accept the humble 7 position of «• doctor" on the shearing board, and would not complain, no matter 3 how ftrquenlly the cry of " Tar, Ol " 5 C9me from the lips of the South American 1 belles. The rudeneßs and uncouthness * would be taken quite away from our J pastoral life; the beau if ul and something 1 surpassing the fabled region nf Pan, be • introduced ln its stead. The majority of 1 our people would be lost m wonder or delight at the marvellous p saibilities of the proposed changp, but that they are embarrassed with two slight doubts : firat of which la that the telegraph may have ' m -de a mistake ; the second that If the South Australian stockholder are really 1 Berious io their proposals, the D»rling pea may have spread somewhat further to the I south aud west than m ordinary years, and have carried with it its curious infection.