VICE-VERSA LAND
BALI, WHERE WOMEN WORK AND MEN MIND BABIES Bribsane, Saturday Bali, where women do the work I ,and men mind the babies, is a most | wonderful island, and staiiding hig j amongst its wonders is this — that the , nbabies are the most contented in the world 5 says Mrs. 'R-. E. Denison, who is returning to Sydney m Jd1® Nieuw Hoiland, after a four riionths tour of the Dutch East Ifidies, Malhya, and Japan. She said .she spent three days on Bali, and in the whole time heard only two children crying. Actually, however, the fathers did ^ not take = their paternal responsihilities nearly 'so seriously as they did the ca,re of their fighting roosters. Cock-fighting, though officially sup,pressed by the Dutch authorities, was ( carried on continually, and the men , of Bali spent much bf their time masisaging and- grooming their fighting -birds. J
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 585, 17 July 1933, Page 2
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145VICE-VERSA LAND Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 585, 17 July 1933, Page 2
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