DOMESTIC SERVANT PROBLEM

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 168, 18 July 1910, Page 6

DOMESTIC SERVANT PROBLEM

(By Telegrapn.-Own Correspond^ WELLINGTON, this day During the past month, 203, apD k, tions were received and dealt with bvrt Women's Employment Branch oi - Labour Bureau in Auckland, and fiff two engagements were made. \" this is regarded as the quietest??,? of the year," says the Auckland"S| there is an abundance of «ood w t offering, and no woman who°is SthPl to work and holds references «T-' character and ability, need be an h out of employment if she applies to *'■ Department." In Wellington; out 0 f 9 total of sixty applications, only fifL* > places were filled, owing to the dearth' ; of applicants. Thirty-seven engagement! were distributed amongst twentv-fi™ charwomen. At Christchurch, the ium ■ber of employers seeking help JJ7T' tains about the average, 269 plied. This is a slight increase on last month. Many employers, who have hud no help all the summer, have a"aia anplied in the hope of getting assistant'■""' for the extra work in the home that is" unavoidable during the severe wintermonths. There are a great many inquir. ies for new arrivals, but very few have" come to Canterbury lately. There are still openings for machinists, tailoresses blousemakers, and canvassers. At Dunedin, 123 applications were received froai employers requiring assistants, and '41 from assistants seeking employment Thirty-five were placed.