WOMEN'S EMPOYEMENT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 558, 13 July 1909, Page 3

WOMEN'S EMPOYEMENT.

-iCi ;hiofit!'.bureauxiijuiake ..especially '.interesting' -re'a'ding-this'.month;;fpr-thoreVis-atJast an excess^of demand .'in ■tho/tw.o' 'liqriiietn "in! ; ;Chriistchufcfr ■andt:-'l)une'dih-, -the.'.deinand..by far •exceeds th'eisupplj;..;,:.lii,- Auckland,.! 119 applications ,%.e'rfe r"/repeiy.|cl'.'. f rp'm'V /employers,' : .. and ■ :j>l2s wpmen'-i^ajipiied;.'for/,*'ork'.v•''■;.'• .■/■■>*'• : :. "yfy : ■y;ChfisfcMrch-Vreporte.,th'at : iemplpyfirs^isrstill = very 'keen.; tp'.-pbtdin ihelp' ;thrpugh'- rtbe vbranbhjicand-s -it .'..is .'exceedingly. ■disSppoi'ntiiig' that',.:the % office;; is , unqble- .to •supply;'rnpre .girls, -but..they:are not; available; It-jik gratifying-.to','know: that;, the v : 'g_irls placed.;.-are"; .giving v : /complete •'. satisfaction, generals are'istiir .tn'ostV-.in .demand. ; -'• It .has been; fpun'd-;di^icult';"to suit;hotel-workers.. -Th'isv'class.jof jwork is.yer'y. slack, and-, nothing ■Svillviu'duM^-'tlie'igirls -to-, accept private;:em-' 'ployment;".!:: ; '•-.'■■/-■'-: ; >iV ■"' ' ; :1. ■'''■:■:■.• ■■-;■ - : '' .'.■puneflihi.finds/that;-since .the'.closihg of .the ;lV .and: P.. .Show, ,',-wKen' 'the -xountry: .visitors :to!'.tbw'ni. left:. for', .their. \.h omes,. the. ■"demand for! domestics rand';other female workers has quietonMli'dowi, 'and.'a- number , of. waitresses, have "been; dispensed . with. It ■ is'.difficult;, to 'find; employment, for. -these : gif]s, ; Vas';-'thej;..• decidedly!;object 'to- - ; go. into private; employment.-. ■;■'. : ; . !' ■■-.. ~'.■■'!■-'';•" ;Many women:workers are suffering.a;temporary incdnvehieiice. through ; tho '.closing:-,of ■varipus'hotelsr^yellington-reports; that there 1 seem f,to;!be:.a good' many hotel-servants -out 'pft'..work,--'due- possibly -to; the closing; of 'so many ;.h6tels. : ■'~- Not , , one' of'-them . aprtears willing.:to', lake, private' service,;owing,- it is said, tbvthe fact .that.-..the hours/are gener•ally' long-and: undefined, although the wages 'oifored- are,::good.', v !.-. . ■': . ': ::. ' .'.- : ''''The;.■steamers; Wakanui, lonic, :;arid-, Tura'Kina:;were ■ met,;; but all the /domestics- had dlreatlyvsituo.tioris'ttfgb to.; ■.::;:■',■ . ■. '.'■ . ;