GIRLS’ UNEMPLOYMENT KITCHEN

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22444, 4 July 1938, Page 7

GIRLS’ UNEMPLOYMENT KITCHEN

ro ru« con ok o» ih« peers. Sir, —“Not Lazy” says that she has come in contact with -several girls who have deliberately left good jobs in warehouses, etc., for the winter, as they say they get three good meals a day at the kitchen and plenty to take home. The correspondent adds that it is not fair to encourage girls away from their jobs and let them in so easily, and not to ask the firms they were working for why they left, etc. First, one is prompted to ask who is better equipped to determine whether a job is good or bad then the person engaged in it? No average person of either sex leaves a job voluntarily unless his or her position is made untenable. No one would dispute the right of girls to determine for themselves the desirability of getting out of a place of employment dominated by individuals exploiting them. Regarding the suggestion that inquiries should be made, I believe this sordid tactic is resorted to in the men’s labour exchanges. Of course the essence of this is that a definite attempt is being made to inaugurate a system of industrial conscription for male and female by making them tolerate any imposition thrust on them by unscrupulous employers. The final postulate about its “not being justice to employers and to citizens to allow such extravagance to go on when business is good.” etc., expresses an utter inability to adjust employers’ ideals with the workers’ growing conception of social realities and rights.—Yours, etc., (MISS) D. McKENZIE. Lagmhor, June. 20, 1928.

THE SENIOR RUGBY COMPETITION

TO TBS EDITOR OF THE PRESS. Sir, —After reading the debate of the management committee of the Canterbury Rugby Union on the > matter of determining this year’s competition, I could not help feeling what a great improvement the committee would find if it adopted the plan by which the clubs of Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia, playing under Australian rules, finish oft their season. the competition proper is completed the four leading teams are drawn together and it is then that the greatest thrill is obtained by spectators and players alike. There is. also added interest during the competitions through clubs trying to get in the first four, and it is quite on the cards that, the fourth team may eventually gain the highest hOhoiir by having listed out the season better than the other teams. t To Ihy Way Of thinking, It IS a great mistake playihg So many inter-provin-cial matches. North v. South in each island should be quite sufficient. Also I often think what a wonderful thing it would be if New Zealand turned over to the Australian game and received visits from Victoria and South Australia. I am sure the very fine type of footballer playing this rather out-of-date Rugby game would

provide the spectators with all the thrills necessary for any afternoon’s sport.—Yours, etc., NOT AN AUSSIE. June 30, 1938.