GIRLS IN OFFICES.
I must thank "Also Bitten" for his explanai tion of the presence of so many girls in our commercial houses to-day. There is only one conclusion I can reach if his reason is correct, and that is that the heads of the business houses are lacking in foresight and are hardly giving of their best abilities to the interests of their various shareholders. It stands to reason that the continued engaging of junior female clerks is detrimental to any business and is very much like "Robbing Peter to pay Paul." They are helping to'keep the wages at a low level, and so long as they do this, the interest of their employers will be correspondingly low. What is going to happen when the present senior male members (what few there are) are compelled to retire or die, whichever they please? Have some of the girls taken vows to remain single for the express purpose of taking charge ? Jean Boswell's explanation is not very enlightening. I wonder if she is prepared to state how many years she spent in domestic service that she is such a good judge of those conditions. B IT TEX.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 128, 1 June 1934, Page 6
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