GIRLS IN SHOPS
POSITION AT DUNEDIN
(By Telegraph.) • :• (Special to the "Evening Post.") • DUNEDIN, This Day. "While the demand for shop girls has been steady of late'the. standard required is constantly' rising as' competition between shops becomes keener," said Mr. Conly, the local vocational guidance officer. While the commencing pay was small a senior woman received a minimum of 50s a week, and in several instances the shop girls 0f.21 were receiving. .the full rate. ' "In few occupations a girl have the^ opportunity to express her individuality as in a shop,',' Mi-. Conly stated; "and it is surprising how. few girls of good education and address consider the excellent offering for women above-those of ordinary assistants." A recent appeal to three secondary schools for girls as ;shpp assistarits of a;'definite shop-V girl type broiight no response. The same dish> clination tp leave the secondary, schoolswas evidenced when an appeal was made for giris for dressmaking positions, the Technical College 'dressmaking classes being now practically) emptied."
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 126, 23 November 1935, Page 16
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165GIRLS IN SHOPS Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 126, 23 November 1935, Page 16
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