AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
DISTRESS IN SOUTH AFRICA. Received March 19, 9.5S p.m. ■ SYDNEY, March 19. One hundred and thirty Australians returned, from South Africa by the steamer Hymettus. They confirm the worst that has been reported regarding the prevalent distress in South Africa. Trade is absolutely dead, and is daily getting worse. Kaffirs and Indians are getting work that formerly went to whites, thousands of whom are idle, and are leaving South Africa. Many are unable to get away owing to lack of funds. -" POMESTIC MAID PROBLEM. Received March 20, 1.3 a.m. MELBOURNE, March 19. The domestic maid problem is being solved in a new way. Houseboys and house-men are taking the place of female servants, and many of the private houses anti large boardinghouses in the city aie em.' ploying men and boys exclusively.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8385, 20 March 1907, Page 5
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134AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8385, 20 March 1907, Page 5
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