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GIRLS IN OFFICES

PERFORMING MEN'S WOBK. ' By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, January 14. Allegations were again made at tonight's meeting of the Canterbury Repatriation Board that whereas girls were employed in various offices, particularly in the Government, men clerks walked' about' the streets vainly looking- for employment. ' Mr. Leadley, secretary; of the Returned Soldiers' Association, said that in all the big centres in the North Island there were clerks out of employment, whilst "flappers" were doing the work. It was a shame that girls should eti'l .be employed in Government offices, whilst men who had been regarded as heroes were now regarded as nuisances when they looked for work. He felt sure that in many mercantile offices in Christchurch at present, girls were being employed to do performed by, men before the war. The board went into committee to discuss individual case 9.

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 94, 15 January 1920, Page 5

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GIRLS IN OFFICES Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 94, 15 January 1920, Page 5

GIRLS IN OFFICES Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 94, 15 January 1920, Page 5

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