£3,500 A YEAR CHANCE
Miss Enid M. R. , Russcll-Smith Miss Alix H. M. Kilroy have the clip, tinction of being the first women to pass a Civil Service examination under the new'conditions, which admit women to the higher Government posts. The two young women will start at salaries of from £'2oo to £4OO a year, with added bonus, but there is nothing to prevent them in the course of time from rising to the topmost heights in any British State Department, with salaries of £3,000 to £3,500 a year. Thirty-four girls took part in the examination, which has the reputa. tion of being the stiffest in the world. The, subjects included Arabic and Persian civilisation and languages Roman law, astronomy, zoology, geology, psychology ,and metaphysics. • ■ ■ • ■ ■ ■ r • ■ ,; Miss Russell-Smith completed her third 'year at Newham College, Cambridge, last term. Her- school was St. Felix, Southwold.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT19251205.2.76
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2314, 5 December 1925, Page 14
Word Count
144£3,500 A YEAR CHANCE Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2314, 5 December 1925, Page 14
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.