GOVERNMENT WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT BUREAU.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 409, 19 January 1909, Page 3

GOVERNMENT WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT BUREAU.

The report of the! Government;. ' Women's Employment; Bureau for Wellington shows that, during the- month 1 of' December 59; women' have' been assisted to employment—3B single and;> 21; married; They are classified according' 1 'toVcallirig,--as" follow -.—Cooks,.; 8;. generals, 14; "nurses,2;' kitchenmaids, 2; housekeepers,' 2-'; married couple, 1; waitresses, 2; housemaids,, 11; pantrymaids, 3 •nurseryhousemaid; 1; lady-help, I; charwomen; 12. 'Applications wore .received from employers as follow:—Cooks, 25; generals, 68;. nurses, 5; kitchenmaids, 4; housekeepers, 6; married couples, .'2; .waitresses, !); housemaids,. .12.; :pantrymaids, 3; nursery-housemaids, 2; ladyhelps, 6; charwomen, ; 12; . house-parloUr maids, 4';'; mothers' help, 1 ; ; 'girls to assist; 2.

. The-.steamers .Arawa,!. liimutaka; ,Moray j . shire,.-.and Tainui: have "been,met, and.infor.matiori and /advice ,as- to employment have been given to, the /women' immigrants. 'Thb .number of;servants available from theso vessels' has■'.been■ disappointing, in > the "extreme. ■ Most. of-, them, if- not already ".engaged, seem indisposed, to takb'./work' at;;.once, 'and arb soon. lost .sight/ofv.altpgethpr.-';' Mistresses are constantly writing* applying' for' the ser'vices. of. these girls,-'but when",it is stated that; out 'of.,' the.^number:' arriving by tlie above vessels. only/one; girl applied:' to. the branch, it. will .be. seen that employers can hardly depend/upon this "■'source" , 'to •' supply their needs.-: //- y'i..[~ ://;'.' ; ' ■' r .