SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2987, 26 January 1917, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Equal Wages for Equal Work. Tho Glasgow Corporation, with tho exception or ono dissenter, hare agreed to the unanimous recommendation of tho Tramways Committeo that all women employed iu the Tramways Department should work under tho same conditions as men and receive tho samo wages according to length of service. Tho recommendation takes effect as from this week, and (says Mr. P. J. Dollan, in the "Dreadnought") is a milcstono in the industrial progress of women, as Glasgow, I believe, is tho first public authority employing _ thousands of women to obsorvo the principle of economio equality botwoon tho sexes. Its decision is bound to havo a beneficial effect for tho hundreds of thousands of women who are doing tho same work as men, but are not getting tho same wages. Tho Glasgow Corporation were the first municipality _ to employ women in tho tramway service, and it is appropriate they should also be the first to place their women employees on tho samo economic level_ as men. The success was not won without persistent endeavour, as it was only at the sixth attempt that the Labourists were able to induce ffieir civic colleagues to accept their plea for equal wages for equal work.

Refugee Stamp Colleotors. , During the course or the year Cook s Tourist "Agency here receives_ some ] quaint and interesting communications from various sources. Only a day or two ago the manager (Mr. Desborough) received a. "brief-parte" from a Belgian soldier interned in Holland, which read as follows: — "Mr. Director,—Forgive mo my daring in writing you these few words. I am a Belgian soldier and have with me my daughter, who' would like very much collecting, used post-stamps. Iu the sad situation wliero she finds herself as a refugee you could hardly imagine how much she enjoys when I give her the stamps I receive. I dare hope, Mr. Director, you will be so kind in sending mo a few stamps under separate envelope for which I you very much before hand. With kindest regards, yours very thankfully, John Cortbals, Belgian soldier, interned at Amerßioort, Holland." Perhaps there are stamp-collectors who would like to exchange with the little Belgian girl now in Amersfoort. Mrs. and Miss Hoadley, of Napier, are staying at Mrs. Facer's, 360 Hawkestono Street. . Miss Ewarfc, of Invercargill, is the guest of Mts. Bwart, TJpper Willis Street. . Mrs. Hales, of Oriental Bay, gave a pleasant little farewell tea yesterday for Mrs. Oorkill, who is shortly leaving for England. .Mrs. Corkill has two soldier sons at tho front, and is going Homo to be with them as much as possible when they arc on furlough. Tho following ladies -were present:— Mrs. T. Young, Mrs. Geddis, Mrs. Lindsay, Mrs. Napier M'Lean, ■ Miss Coatcs,, Mrs. and Miss Peat, Mrs. Bridge,'and Miss Higgie. Mr. and ' Mrs. R. Turnbull, of Koreru, have returned to their home after a visit to Napier. Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart, who have been in charge of the Old People's Home, Westport, have been appointed to tako charge of the Jubilee Home. Wanganui (vico Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Allan, who have resigned). There were thirty-six applicants for the position ■ ■ Mrs.' A'. A. Corrigan and her daughter have returned' from a visit to Gisbornc.

Peoplo who spend a largo portion of. their time in providing winter comforts for our men in France will ho stimulated to further efforts by the following grim but highly illuminating reply, which was made by . a veteran"How do you relieve trenches now that the bad weather is on?" they asked. "We stand on the parapet and pull tho pore blighters out with ropes,' was tlio reply. The curious thing is that this happens to bo the truth. Mr. and Mrs. C. Tumbull, of Wellington, aro on a visit to Napier.. Mrs. G. Kindberg, of New_ Plymouth,' has no fewer than sis sons in tho New Zealand Forces, two of whom have been wounded. Mrs. Kindberg is of Swedish birth, as also was her late husband, who died in 1914. They camo to New Zealand as children, were married at Palmerston North, and reared a family of eleven sons and four daughters, of whom three sons died prior to tho commencement of tho war. These six fighting brothers have also a brother-in-law in tho field, Sergt. Leonard Roberts. Mrs. A. W. Thomson, who has been visiting Wellington, left Napier by car on Tuesday for Mohaka. Mr. Robertson, Public Service Commissioner, who, accompanied 'by Mrs. Robertson, has been spending a fewdays in Napier, has returned to Wellington. Mrs. Hoben, "Chryssa," of tho Christchurch "Star," who has been associated with that paper for three years as lady editor, has resigned to accept an important appointment with the New Zealand Associated Press on a commission abroad, and she wiE ]eave at an early date for Sydney, en route to Japan. Mrs. Brian Lurton, of Napier, is on a few weeks' visit to Lyall Bay. Dr. and Mrs. Hislop liavo returned from a motor trip to Tampo. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.