WOMEN IN AUSTRALIA

New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 190, 12 February 1943, Page 11

WOMEN IN AUSTRALIA

RIENDS of Mrs. Sam Rubenstein (better known in broadcasting circles in Australia and New Zealand as Mamie Reid), were pleased to welcome her back to the microphone during her short stay in Wellington. Two novelty piano recitals were broadcast from 2YA on January 29 and February 4, and she will be heard again from 1YA on February 16, at 8.43 p.m. Since her marriage five years ago, Miss Reid has lived in Sydney, where she has won a place for herself in the radio world, Since the war, she has visited numerous camps with concert parties arranged by the ABC, and is an active Red -Cross worker. "Yes," she said, "the stocking shortage is just as acute in Sydney as it appears to be here, but we've solved the problem for the summer anyway with a liquid cream, which gives the appearance of sheer-clad legs. Sydney is now a city of stockingless and hatless women. Unfortunately, hats costs coupons in ydney. "Austerity styles have invaded the restaurants in Australia, and the planning of a meal appears to require as much forethought as the spending of

ration coupons. There’s a spending limit of 4/- for lunch and 5/- for dinner at all restaurants and hotels, and the menu these days now shows another list usually labelled 1-8, suggesting eight alternative three-course meals that keep within the limits.

"The women in Australia are doing a grand job, They are willingly doing men’s jobs in the factories, and are giving up their limited leisure time to entertain their own fighting men and visiting servicemen. The numerous clubs around Sydney are always full of willing and bright helpers." bee photograph of Mamie Reid appears on pa SS