GERMAN CLERKS WARNED.
The German Young Men’s Christian Association in London has sent an urgent warning to young men in Germany not to come over to England in the hopes of obtaining a good situation. The present war in South Africa, writes the association, has so seriously affected business that many persons have been dismissed from what were apparently safe and lucrative positions. It is difficult enough for men who are well with a good knowledge of bi siness and of languages; but for men without means, and who are not good linguists, the case is desperate.
“Nobody In Germany has an idea,” concludes the warning, “of what swarms of educated men are wandering about here without any employment,
who would gladly do any manual labour to get the means of procuring a meal, and whom hunger compels to beg. Crowds of our countrymen often stand round our doors after ten o’clock at night, not knowing where to go for a bed.”
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New Zealand Mail, 29 January 1902, Page 17
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162GERMAN CLERKS WARNED. New Zealand Mail, 29 January 1902, Page 17
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