SHORTAGE OF MALES .
A lady who recently passed through Suva on her way to New Zealand was greatly impressed by the almost total absence from the town of the ordinary male. This singulai condition is the result of the glorious response of Fiji to the call of the Motherland. Wish, ing to change a cheque, the lady went to the bank, where a small* boy of about twelve peered up at her from the business side of the counter. “ I want to see a clerk or a teller or something,” said the lady vaguely. While the small boy was convincing her that he was himself the entire brink staff, a girl of 14 or so came in with a sheaf of cheques and money to bank, the day’s takings at the principal shop. Thus it is in Suva—now!
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XX, Issue 5258, 18 October 1915, Page 3
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138SHORTAGE OF MALES . Pahiatua Herald, Volume XX, Issue 5258, 18 October 1915, Page 3
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