THE DEMAND FOR DOMESTICS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11842, 4 May 1909, Page 5

THE DEMAND FOR DOMESTICS.

(Per Press Association,)

AUCKLAND, this day. . "The demand for domestic assistants ia greater than ev^r," s?iid Mi.^s Morrison (officer m charge -of -the- Government employment bureau ', for women), m anSAier to (m inquiry made to-day. "The demotic, seryiint .problem, ij iis.i|pu'te as ever, and at np time does the supply come Avilhin reach bf -the deriiand irom all parts of the ;. province. Comniunications come m intimating that domestics are Avanted, but we find it quite impossible to cope- with the demand." Askes if the supply, of, domestics arriving &,s .imtpigrant^ tend, to, ease the situation, Miss.. Morrison replied tfcat very.-', fe\v .domestics' Avere arriving .m Auckland from the Old Country, and the majority of those Avho Avere coming Avere engaged before their arrival. Mies Morrison added that there 'was an almost, unlimited demand, .and .if .the immigration, offi-^ cers at Home Avould encourage the cmi- v gration of competent domestics, .it would do much to relieve Ihe. position. ' Quite 20C0 application^ per y.ea» reach the Auckland Government", ciriploymerit bureau for women, and Miss 'Morrison says that for some-'-, time/ past she could have placed at least- 200 domestic assistants pel- month had thoy been available. Less l'-thab' half this number Avere forthcoming', . hoAvcver,, despite the f act that excellent inducement!* Irom a remuuerativt' point' of .vieAy uere offered. I