THE BUSY BEE. EMPLOYMENT FOR CULTURED WOMEN.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13271, 17 September 1906, Page 5

THE BUSY BEE. EMPLOYMENT FOR CULTURED WOMEN.

United Prosa Association. — By Mectric Tslcgraph.— Copyright. Received September 17, 9 a.m. •London, •SeptemJber 16. In a letter to l The'" Times, Lady Aberdeen agrees with Miss .Rose Scott and the International Council of Women of Sydney on the question of. the emigration of cultured women to Australia for the • purpose of engaging 1 in' 'bee-keeping and similar light work on th© land. Lady Aberdeen, who. is. International President of the National Council of Women, explains that personally sha 'has never par-, ticipated in immigration work except in relation , to Canada. Received September 17, • 9.12 a.m. / . , Sydney, September 17. : With reference to Laldy.. Aberdeen's letter. "Miss .Rose Scott, who is International Secretary^ to the .National Council .of Women, 'Sydney, explains that the matter came up at a mooting of the- Council recently. Sir i John Gockburn, ' the . OEDan* It. B. Wise, and' other •Anglo J Aus < tralians were present at a meetinig in London which t .advocated that cultured, women should he sent to Australia to conduct bee farms and. similar light work on laiwi: The Sydney Council protested against the proposal, holding that it would be . a very dau'gerous experiment, as such women would not lvmow the conditions obtaining, in the country, anJd if they came out would find- they were -attempting an almost impossible task. , ,