"KILLING OUR WIVES."

Evening Star, Issue 14632, 31 July 1911, Page 6

"KILLING OUR WIVES."

■♦■ DOMESTIC PROBLEM. Tli;if in view- of the great difneully in obtaining domestic servants in the country, tho (lovernmenl bo intra! to adopt a scheme for bringing out female labor. The above resolution was adopted by the Farmers' Union Conference st Wellington on Thursday. Speaking in support of it, Mr M'Queen (Southland) .said : " We are killing our wives: we sire killing them with overwork. I have been months without a servant. 1 hi.s is a. really serious national menace, this dearth of servants. Our women are sweated, overworked, and some of them are killed for want of female help." Mr Hockley held that it was high time steps ware in.keti to relieve the acute situation that bad .'risen. The strength and constitution of the mot litis were being undermined for the want of domestic help. Future general ions must suffer most severely through the great strain on the mothers in Xew Zealand to-day. Mr Campbell (Wangnnui) held ttait luxury was more responsible lor deterioration of the va.ee than hard work on the part of the mothers. Mr .1. W. .Tones iTaranaki) declared t hat if the men worked half as hard as ill -1 women had to work they would be killed. Mothers of families wpre suffering most sewrely in health for wanl of help. .Mr M'-ikgill (Auckland) complained of waiting four months for help, and that in vain.