DOMESTIC SERVANTS.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10354, 1 May 1911, Page 2

DOMESTIC SERVANTS.

Questioned on tine- subject of girls for domestic serv;icie, Mr T. El. .Sedgwiek said that in the South Island he continued to make .enquiries on the subject., and found that the demand was quite as great, if not greater, than in the North. People were generally ajgreied that the trained -domestic serviant froim England Was not' the best adapted for domestic Motile here. This wfts ibbmei ornt by the fact that several girls who had 1 dome out this year as domestics were now in tea-rooms, etc. Sbveral people mentioned that they were willing to pay 15s to £1 a. week'foir girls to help in the house. The matter would, of course, hare to cTelvelop slowly, but there was no reason whj' it should not develop on the same lines as the sdieme for the toys. Many of the fanners expressed a willingnetss to take widofws, even with 'one child, and it wtas generally thought that girls from orphanages and other institutions from 16 to IS yeai's of a'gfe, under good supervision, would do well, andl would find the life! far better than factory work or eWeit domestic service at Home.