WOMEN WORKERS.
TEMPTING THEM TO THE COLONIES.
By, telegraph. Press Ass’n, Copyrigh Received 9 95 p.m., June 19.
London, Juno 19. At the instanoe of Lady Aberdeen, Mrs James Bryoe, and other eduoated women, a oonferenoe was held in Loudon to demonstrate the openings in tbo oolooies presented for eduoated and trained women fitted to undertake lighter kinds of agricultural work, fruit preserving and bottling, poultry and bee kuping, dairying, or experts in domestic work. Sir John Cuckburn, presiding, stated that Canada and Australia bad 280,000 more men than woihod. There was plenty of eoope in Australia for women trained in any definite employment except clorioal work. Mr B. R. Wise said there was an en ormous demand for women willing to ongage in domestic and agt cultural pursuits. Mr Napier stated that 51,000 women were needed in New Zsaland, where special facilities wore givoo to asscoiated groups of ladies qualified to ODg+ge iD froit growing. Sir Horaoe Tozsr declared that fru 6 growing afforded profiiable openings in (Queensland.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1788, 20 June 1906, Page 3
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