WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT BRANCHES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1054, 18 February 1911, Page 11

WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT BRANCHES.

- 'GENER AL'SUMMARY. 1 , 1 i Auckland.—During tlio past - month there havo been Sol applications received and dealt with, i'Jl being from employers and 61 from women desiring employment. Of this number, 52 engagements havo been nir.de, and 49 persons assisted, of whom 40 wero single and 9 married. Six engagements were distributed among tlirco charwomen. Tho dearth.of domestics is'being most keenly felt at present. Through tlio wholo of tho Auckland province, and in tho city itself, a great scarcity of women wdrkers for factories .is being experienced. They are being advertised forj and one employer offers a bonus for each hand .supplied. ,

- Wellington.—Tho following.''applications havo been' received from,employ-' ersi-T-Gharwomen,"'. 27; i generals,", 62; cook's, 25; lady helps, lip; housemaids, housekeepers, '2; kitchcninaid, '1; married couples, 6; nurses, 6; ' laundresses, 2; waitresses, 6; bookbinder, 1. Weavers and girls .for factories have also boen'.asked lor. Applications from employees: Charwomen, 38; generals, 13; lady helps, 6; parlourmaids, 2; waitresses, 7; seamstresses, 3; cooks, 10; housekeepers, 3; nurses, 6; laundresses, .2; housemaids, 14; ladies' maid, '1. Fifty-six engagements , have been made from the above. A very superior olass of girls arrived by tho Athenic, and r.U.wko called wero well placed. More girls aro now finding their way to. tho office, but as, a.general .rnlo they havo a most exorbitant idea of their worth as far as wages are concerned. ' • ,

Duncdin.—During tho past month 99 applications from employers seeking assistants have been registered, and' 31 from applicants, inquiring about .work, of whom 19 wero placed- in employment. Of th6".xemaifting 12 .not sijitcjl; somo preferred]''sitn&'tions 'in .hotels or'; public places' iii' the city) which' were un'bptainat . tho time, and'others were unsuitable for' tho work" offering.'

Cliristchurcli.—For tho month,ending January 31, 63 workers applied for employment, and 53 wero suited. Most of thoso not suited liavo sinco found employment. Two, hundred and fifty-' thrco employers sought, tho assistance of tho' branch for tho samo period. Tho demand for domestics is still very keen, ,and tho office is unablo to supply any-thing-liko tho.number.required.. Very great hardship is experienced by employers, botli in- town and country, in not being ablo to procure domestic help. Very few .'new 'arrivals-' 1 reach Christchurch, and thoso - who do .come aro" groatlyisouglit aftorj - Generals and cook-generals arb' mos*t' in deinahd, and there .arc also applications': forlaundresses, ono 'laundry. aloiio applying for twenty, extra hands., Tlio reason for this is, probably duo' to privato' people sending. moro. work to tlio laundries, owing; to tlieir,inability..to obtain domo'stics.. Thero is/alsoifo- great?scarcity ' of 'tho factories.'being xinablo '- 'td gd/oiv with their winter orders o\ying to' tlio dearth of hands.

A number-of inquiries havo been mntlo by residents of .'Wellington during the.,month .for partipularftj.ro hoppicking in Nelson'. The avdrago cam!ingsi»dfi'Woin<)n|iin'tliis;an(lilstry aro 6s. 6d. per day. average earnings for women work out at 4b. per day, and'at pea-pickiiig the avor'ago earnings arc os. 'per'.day. (These figures : woro supplied oy tho secretary of the Nelson; "Agricultural mid Pastoral Association.) .>•