WOMEN IN INDUSTRY

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 23, 22 October 1917, Page 2

WOMEN IN INDUSTRY

MOVEMENT TO ORGANISE FEMALE "Wβ are trying to draw a lot of girls ui) out of hell," remarked the YoryKe,. Fathor Lockinefon, S.J., at the Oathedral Hall recently, at a meeting attended by over one thousand women called by the Catholic Women's Social Guild tor the purpose of forming committees to investigate the condition of women iu industry, states the.Melbourne 'Age. •Dr Mary Glowrey said that recently people had been shocked by the information that there were in Melbourne girls working for very low wages. That was bad enough, but it was equally bad to know that the health of young/wouum was being undermined by working in badly ventilated, ill-lighted factories, in 'basements, and amid unhealthy moisture, and by being compelled to cevry or drag heavy weights. In most cases the gins received only half an hour for lunch. There were cases where, to overcome weariness, girl employees indulged »i alcohol; where long standing induced varicose veins and flat foot, .and sitting in cramped positions affected the hearts and lungs of girl workers. .. All these things required investigation, m order that reforms could be effected. (Applause.) Miss Maudo said there were men in Victoria who praleei a. lot about God and country while paying women one-half what they would have had to pay men to do the samo work. (Aijplause.) I'athor Lockington.said.that girls wore down in the mud; they hod been earning Os., Us., and 15s. per week, and'they were hurting their souls and bodies bis cause of tho conditions they had been working undo-—driven under by industrialism, which was unscrupulous. (Applause.) .Something had to bo done. They could send a regiment of inspectors, of course, io the factories, and, having gono through with their'eyes' up-and their loes out, the said inspectors could go back to their offices to draw their- salaries as usual, but nil that meant little to the girl worker. They needed actiot\ on their behalf. What chance had a working girl against tho power of an unscrupulous employer whoit she had tho whip lash of starvation' around her body? Tho remedy lay in unity. They S-oiili! do absolutely nothing unless they united llie girls in various avocations into sectionol unions, and united them into one tremendous union of women . who, with their votes, would bo able to ] insist on fnir play. (Applause.) Women In Australia, lio said, had not yet realised what they could,do with votes, buttße gußd would bo in a position to lead (hem.

At the close of the meetiug.committees were formed to investigate the ■conditions in the confectionery, white work and bag-making trades. Other committees are to bo formed later.

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For Incapacitated Soldiers. The result of the Rod Cross appeal organised ijy Mrs. T. H. Lowry in aid ■of the fund towards defraying the cost »i." providing better 'hospital accommodation, recreation, and teaching of trades fur our returned wounded' soldiers who aro tptally incapacitated resulted in an amount being received which exceeded tho most sanguine expectations (states a Hawke's Bay exchange). The amount realised by the Bed Cross workers Totalled about XSOO, and to this has to bo added a third of the proceeds of the sum collected by the Commercial Travellers, which will .make a grand total of over .£IOOO. Included in the amount is JJUO.collected in the streets of Hastings on Thursday.

The golden wedding was celebrated at I'nkctitiiv (Hawke's Bay) last week of Mr. and. Mrs. A. A. M'lntyre.

The -wedding took place in St. Mary Magdalene Churekt Trinity Road, Upper Tooting, London, recently of Miss Dorothy Ida Mary Haywood, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Louie Haywood, of St. James Road, Wandworth, to Lieutenant John Melvyn Watkius, of tho New Zealand Field Artillery, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Watkins, of (Shristchurch, New Zealand. Miss Enid Haywood attended her sister as briflesmaid, and tho bridegroom was attended by Lieutenant Gordon De Courcjv Drury (Royal Scots Fusiliers) as best nian. The bride wrs given away by her father, and the Kev. Theodore Wood, M.A. (Vicar), performed the ceremony.

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