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KATE OF MALE ’TEACHERS. KQL'AL PAY FOR M E.V AND WOMEN. (Times and Sydney San Services.) LONDON. April 14. Received April 15, 5.15 p.m. At tlie teachers’ conference. Miss C'oxon moved for equal pay for men and women, asserting that girls, as future mothers of the race, were every whit as important as coming fathers. A man interjected ; Drop this silly phychological drivel, another remarking that teaching was rapidly becoming a women’s profession and that the male teacher would soon he as extinct as the dodo. The proposal was defeated by an overwhelmning majority. AN UN ATTRACT 1V K PROFESSION. LONDON, April 14. At the Teachers’ Conference, the president (Mr Steer) stated that the dearth of teachers was dne to the unattractiveness of the profession, chiefly on account of the poor pay. The average salary of certificated head masters was £I4S, and of mistresses £lOl per annum. There were in the service to-day 1 4.000 fully qualified teachers not earning a living wage.
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Southland Times, Issue 17627, 16 April 1914, Page 5
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167EXTINCT AS THE DODO Southland Times, Issue 17627, 16 April 1914, Page 5
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