THE MEN IN CAMP

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 50, 27 August 1932, Page 12

THE MEN IN CAMP

It is suggested by J. Wallace that a bureau should be established in every town, where people in need of the services of either labourer or tradesman could al'ply so that single men in camps would have a chance of sharing in the work. "If we knew that something was being done to assist us in obtaining employment, do you not think it would give us some encouragement to stay in camp? Up to the present we have absolutely no prospects of improvement at all. It is only fair that we who were willing to leave the town, and go into camp, should have the preference. Quite a number of single nien who would not leave the town Pie in a position to apply and obtain employment, where we cannot. Those in need of men will not come to camps for thorn while there are so many idle single men in the town."

Recently, according to "Fair Play," the practice has grown up at picture theatres of women spreading articles over several seats and saying the seats are engaged. The correspondent suggests' that attendants should require seats to be occupied within a few minutes, as the practice complained of is unfair to those who do not arrive so early and caunot afford tho more expensive seats.