BACHELORS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 30 December 1912, Page 4

BACHELORS.

"There if? no place in the world where there am so many bachelors a« in New South' Wales," .said Miss Gou'iiing at the Teachers' Conference :n Sydney last week. She was speak : n;.\ in favour of a motion 1 that worn ft* teachers should receive equal pnv with men teachers who were sin</|c "Mind I would notfc be coerced' int. • matrimony," the lady went on, "!;ul I .say if we do equal work we sho--. receive a?t much pay as the ms'o teacher who is single. Of course, wo shall be told that m'any bachelors are prospective husbands: most of tho-*, .°eem iikelv to remain pro.snective bnnds to the olid." Miss Simpson denied that women teachers in rn.-nv cases ■were getting enough to pay (heir launpdry after tliey had paid their hoard tind lodging. ' She tnounhb that the gentlemen, were slow in roiling .forward, and, therefore, ther" were a large number of ummarrico 'adies in New South Wales. Men sbemed to be able to enjoy their lives more than women; for one thing the:' sin., l ,, ed. and were able to soothe their nerves; certainly they did not wear out so son. Mr Berling was please,! to fMiirport a resolution which would benefit rhe lovely women ,'ne saw in i.-mt of him. But if they were his d;m/ , h- I iers lie. .said lvo would rather rpo thorn married, Fe opposed the io<m- I lution, because, if it were passed. it j would have the tendency of lowori-ig the men's salaries, «nd lie knew <1 <•/.- | ens of nice vounrr men who could not marry because they we not re?o:?ing sufficient salary. The motion waa carried.