CORSET-MAKERS
A FACTORY IN MELBOURNE.
News from Melbourne states that thirty-two English girls have come to Australia, under the auspices of an English corset-making firm, which intends opening workshops at North Melbourne. These " girls are all expert corset-makers, and the majority of them are coming from Market Harborough. In Australia, they will work under exactly the same conditions as those which obtain in the firm's English factories. Tho girls were specially selected, so that they might, when required, be capable of teaching Australian girls their trade, which requires considerable skill. In addition to paying the girls' fares, the firm assisted them materially in the piirchaso of outfits for their long journey, presented them with a travelling trunk each, and provided them with pocket money for their voyage. Should any of them wish to return to England at the end of two years, their passage money will be paid, and they will be absorbed in the English factories. They left Market Harborough at 6 a.m. on 27th April, the Scotch express stopping to pick them iip—a most unusual concession. The girls all appear to be in the twenties.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 7, 8 July 1922, Page 16
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187CORSET-MAKERS Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 7, 8 July 1922, Page 16
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