BEE FARMERS.
PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYBIGHT London, Sept. 16. In a letter to the Times, Lady Aberdeen agrees with Miss Rose F?gtt and the International Counoil of Wo • fM noy, on the question of ernig: tured women :o Australia, fo* ■ of engaging in fcee-keepiog anu light work on tha land. Lady Aberdeen, who is international president of tbe National Council of Woman, explains that personally she has never participated in immigration work, except in relation to Canada. i
_ , Sydney, Sept. 17. In reference to Lady Aberdeen’s letter, Miss Rose Scott, who is international secretary of the National Counoil of Women at Sydney, explains that the matter cams up at a meeting of the Council recently* Sir John Oockbum, Mr Wise, and other Anglo Australians, were present at a meeting in Londou, which advooated that cultured women shouli he Bent to Australia to oonduot bee farms and similar light work on the land. The Sydney Counoil protested against the proposal, i holding it would be a very dangerous experiment, as euch woman would not know the conditions obtaining in tbe country, and if they came out would find they were attempting an almost impossible task. c
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1863, 18 September 1906, Page 2
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