CRITIC OF NEW ZEALAND GETS QUICK ANSWERS TO VANCOUVER STORY

Wanganui Chronicle, 29 March 1949, Page 5

CRITIC OF NEW ZEALAND GETS QUICK ANSWERS TO VANCOUVER STORY

VANCOUVER, March 27.- New Zealanders in Vancouver rushed to the defence of their homeland today following remarks by Gwen Robyns that New Zealand is no place for women. Gwen Robyns is women’s correspondent lor a London newspaper syndicate, and has just returned from a tour of New Zealand, of which she is a native. “There are practically no kitchen gadgets or domestic help, and women all work like fury all the time to help their husbands,” she said. “New Zealand women can’t cook, and they haven’t a clue. The shops are not very well stocked, and there is no money to buy goods with anyway.” The Vancouver Daily Sun received telephone calls from more than 20 New Zealanders, either visiting here or who have made homes here. Here are some quotations: — Mr. 11. W. Cheeseman, Auckland: Women do not work like fury to help their husbands, because their husbands do not work like fury. We have had a 40-hour week for 11 .years. Mr. L. W. Dunlop, Napier: Domestics are few, but the Government provides free help for families in emergencies.

Mr E. B. Hardie, Palmerston North: There are plenty of good cheap foodstuffs in New Zealand, and Vancouver has twice as many cales per capita as New Zealand, indicating that New Zealand men are satisfied with theii wives' cooking.