Jobs For Office Girls

In Fiji

From Our Own Correspondent

Suva. Nov. 27.

IN normal times, Fiji recruits most of its young women employees from New Zealand or Australia. There appear to be no very serious restrictions on women leaving Australia for the Pacific Islands, but the ready availability of jobs in Australian towns has cut short the supply of women willing to leave. In New Zealand, there are emigration restrictions which prevent the departure of young women.

These shortages have meant that Fiji has had to live on its own resources in this direction, and the resources are limited. Any woman with any claim to office experience can now get a job easily in Suva; and, with the pressure for em ployees, wage standards are increasing, and conditions of work are being eased.

Thus, office women are beginning to realise their importance and to hold their heads rather high—even though the heads may be wearied by the constant, nightly round of military-flavoured parties usual under our present circumstances.