GIRLS IN BANKS.

Taihape Daily Times, 12 September 1919, Page 2

GIRLS IN BANKS.

I MANY BEING DISCHARGED. I DUN}]Dll\', Sept_ 9. j Girls are not usm-ping the position-. of returned soldiers in the Dunedin ‘banks, as the conditions are slowly M.lturning to normal. (tout:-al'_y to th: state of afl'ail's before the war, :1 few women will now find permanent em ployment in banks, but they will nm be occupying positions in which they could be regarded as entering int:-s serious competition with men. During th-'3 war perioi, the iiuznbcz‘ of girls employed in banks here I‘D.llged from 10 to 20, according to the size of the institution. A pl‘opol‘l‘ic,-:1 of these were engaged on le:lg:el'_< or otlwr clerical work. Numbers of tl1o;::;;girls are now receiving fhree n\.o111‘h~" lnotice. which was provided for at ihe ‘time of t}loil' .€llS3i-’§(‘m<‘llt-In one bank, which formerly emplo).~ [ed between 15 and 20 girls, tliere are ovly six left; aml practi-eall3' ‘the whole of these are engaged on typewritinr and on adding machines. Work that i lal‘;:el_\' meelianical in its nature. - “Correspondence is rather a monotonous work for a man,” said one man—ager, “and it does not lead anywhere. but the work appears to be suitable for women, and they seem to be satisfied with. it. In the ma,l'orif_v of cases the-_v also perform duties connected with this work more rapidly and more ‘se.i'isf-aetorily than men.”