BLIND N.Z. GIRLS GO TO SYDNEY
WORK IN CORSET FACTORY (N.Z- Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 11 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 23. Two young and attractive girls, both blind, arrived by flying-boat from New Zealand to-day to work in a Sydney corset factory. They are Miss Elizabeth Smart and Miss Jean Cramp, both of Parnell. Auckland: Miss Smart, who is a soprano, hopes to sing on the radio in Sydney. Miss Cramp has her diploma in elocution. The girls have known each other since childhood, and both were born on the same day. They had been working in an Auckland corset factory, and had saved for years with the idea of coming to Sydney. Miss Cramp said: "We feel sure that once we have found a flat we can make our own way in Sydney without help. just as we did in Auckland. Although we plan to work in a factory, we regard that as only a fneans to Un end.” t
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25811, 24 May 1949, Page 4
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