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Domestic Servants’ Wages
Sir,—
May I say a word in defence of Australian domestic servants? Like “Common Sense,” I have lived in other countries and other States, and can say, from my own experience, that the average Australian domestic worker is a very fine type of girl, hard-working, capable, trustworthy, and obliging. Of course, there are exceptions. I have seldom found that any training or enlightenment is received with scornful resentment by the maid. As a rule she is eager to learn and is grateful to a mistress who can instruct her. Any young girl likes amusements and dancing. If she works an honest eight hours a day, has she not a right to so many hours of liberty every day, as well as her six half-days and one full day a month? Let mistresses treat these fine young Australian
