CHINESE LAUNDRIES.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13902, 29 November 1910, Page 8

CHINESE LAUNDRIES.

EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN. (special to "the press.") WELLINGTON, November 28. Speaking on trie second reading of the Factories Act Amendment Bill to-day, Mr T. E. Taylor expressed the opinion that it was time we forbad© Chineso the right of employing female European labour. He quoted an instance of a Chineso laundry proprietor who advertised for European girl labour, and when enquiries were made'it was found that ho always employed one or more European women in his laundry, and that his character was not above reproach. Ho submitted it would not be an injustice to prevent Chinese employing European women. Ho did not see why we should allow white people to be employed by people such as Chinese were, and such as they invariably remained. Mr Poole also expressed himself against allowing Chinamen to employ female European lab<Ar. Mr G. W. Russell eaid he considered that, in view of the fact that one could not go into heroics over the morality of the Chinese, and the absence of Chinese women, it was undesirable that white women should be employed by them. The Hon. J. A. Millar said he did not think it would ue wise to ask the committee to mako such a radical alteration in the law without further information .being obtained. For instance, one would not prevent a white woman working in the laundry of a Chinaman to whom sho was married. He agreed that the employment of white women by Chinese was undesirable, but it was a matter that required investigation.