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410 LETTERS ON AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND...
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The Daily Increasing Prominence Of The S...
From a lady lately returned froni New Zealand : — My dear ,
lars are t which o Having obtain may just any i returned nformation interesting from reg _N . " The ing Zea the shi land colon I , went and ies , knowing I out send in took you now a out few anxious 250 particu emi you - -
prove p g rants kers , most car of enters them marr shoema ied k men ers with black their smith families swhitesmi , of all ths trades masons , —butch brick ers - , layers , , p shepherds , . There were , also about , thirty sing , le women ,
goingbarrack out as domestic s built b servants y Government . On their ( pay arrival ing no at rent Dunedin ) until , they they obtained were lodged situa in - tions I most mmediatel . difficult Servants y at to being leas ges e var were much ying not in from more request £ 25 than , to those ten £ 35 days who a year disengaged chose . Those obtained . who Two p , laces were irls
who had never been p in , service before , were engaged , one as cook and g the other a gentleman as housema say , id that , for he < £ had 40 and been , £ 45 offerin a year g respectivel £ 50 a . year y ; for and a I cook mysel in f h vain eard .
and The when next shi I went p to down ours which to came e one out as broug a servant ht thirty not -three twent sing - four women hours , after they landed , I found engag them all engaged , an , d could onl y y secure a
married but as they woman could , wh not ose procure husban even d , a blac a sing ksm le i room th , had to got live wor in , she k at 145 . a day e up ; her mind to out to service for a time . Women who understand the
ment of a dair go are eaerlsouht afterindeedservants must manage not be particular as to y the work g they y are g required ; to perform , , but be willing to make themselves generally useful ; families accustomed to keep three or even
being four servants will devolve being the frequentl whole of y left the with work . Needlewomen y one , on whom who for work the neatl time y taking -course and well washing in , private easily at obtain families their own emp ) . loymen homes Laundresses t from at 3 4 s s . get . a 6 d day . 5 to s . 6 and & s . day a dozen their and . food all Dressmakers their ( this food is of ,
to There are going very is into not much much the wanted country opening , and to for the a nurser real sheep ly y - governesses g stations ood on . e would , But unless even succeed they then do admirabl not as objec y t - .
nesses they will probably only get . £ 25 a year , while as nurses they w gover ill at once be engaged at < £ 35 a year , and the duties of the two situations are not in reality very different , as even a governess must be prepared at times to
do state household of health work ill-fitted . A for lad such y I knew an operation had to , because scour her all kitchen her servants when in had a left her , and there are no charwomen to be had in Dunedin .
House rent and provisions are much more expensive than in England , meat be eggs had from being as 2 families , 9 Is . . 6 _^ per . to have lb 3 ., s . the _6 d . quartern per rarel dozen more loaf , vegetables 1 _* in . 2 their _d ., fresh and gardens butter fruit than are 2 s . not will 6 d . easil per y lb l to .,
their own , table . The very climate is y very healthy and well adapted to supp the y Eng Men lish 's constitution wages areas ; good flowers as women and fruit ' s : joiners grow in can great command luxuriance from . 125 . to 155 .
going a day , out blacksmith can at once s and obtain tinmen 6 s from . a day 10 b s . y to working 12 s . a on day the ; indeed road . , any laborer To the Editors of the English Womaris Journal ,
both As Ladies to it lessen seems , now the numb universall er of y women felt that who Female are unprovided Emigration for is in very this desirable country ,
which and to , may meet tend the in demand any degree for them to lessen , in the the colonies difficulties , perhaps of such any emi suggestion gration mi Institution ght not be for misp servants laced . in Would Australia it not to be which possible irls to of establish twelve or a Trainin fourteen g
might be sent from here , under the care of a matron g during the passage ? The
410 Letters On Australia And New Zealand...
410 LETTERS ON AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ,
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1862, page 410, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081862/page/50/
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