HOW ENGLAND IS OCCUPIED.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 24 June 1925, Page 8

HOW ENGLAND IS OCCUPIED.

SU.ME.ENTR.AORDINABY FIGURES

1 .Some,figures in the occupation' st-aJSis-ties of. England revtea] some remarkable information, says the Westminister Gazette. Do- you . know, ,-for instance : (1) Tim 1 the biggest industry in the country is that of personal catering ;l’or the. personal comforts of their fel-low-creatures, wliick includes, the whole ,gamut of servants, and people employed b.v institution's, clubs', and; hotels, 'numbered ■ T,676y425, females 339,944. Indoor domestic servants are the .infantry of the army.. They number 1,148,698 women and 61,0i)6 men. (2) That there are more people engaged on the laud than in the mines and. quarries? Agricultural occupations employed 1,171,298 males and 83.052 females. Mines and quarries engaged 1,1.061,749 males and 3364 females. (3) That there are more women than men in professional occupations, excluding clerical staffs, hut including religious organisations, law, medicine, etc. They numbered 359,982 females a,nd 306,830 males. (4) The occupation that with two exceptions, has repulsed the attack of women ? It js that of stationary engine drivers and dynamo motoiattendants. Males employed numbered 156,281 and females two. (5) Wntio aliens earn tlieir bread and butte: ? They are by no means composed mainly of .'the insinuating gentry of the serviette and wine list. The making of textile goods and articles employed most, namely, 21,920 male's and 7474 females. They were also occupied: In commerce, finance, and insurance, 21,262: in transport- and communication, 10,539; in personal service, 24,554. Fritz and Antonio are in a decided minority in the .army of 101,638 males and? 30,694 females of foreign birth, who were gaining a livelihood in Britain in 1921. 'The order of numeral strength was: (1) Russians. (2) Poles, (3) French. (4) Italians, (5) Germans.