Young People And The Savings Bank.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19108, 28 June 1930, Page 8

Young People And The Savings Bank.

A Woman’s View.

JL crowd of young people in the Post Office Savings Bank of a Friday night is a very good sign. It shows that the present economic situation has forced itself upon, what some might call, the more irresponsible section of the community. For work comes easy to youth, but spending comes easier.

I do not think the accusation that the average young woman, earning her living, spends nearly all her money in dress, is quite justified. The desire for financial independence is deeper than just the wish to have more clothes. Although the necessity for a bank account may not seem so great as in the case of the young man, who must think of setting up a home some day, most girls, even if they do marry, find something attractive in the prospect of an account to which they can go quite independently. It is this very often that makes even the engaged girl go to work, and later leads her to the counter of the Savings Batik. B.E.S.