The indiguatin of the "yent'er sex" hias been aroused by " report made by the Victorian Deputy Postmaster-General to a conference of usual experts, Owing to the rapid inevense in telephone business the report recommends that the ud es eperaring the Deputy Telephone Exchange shoutd employed in rotation on Sanday. This was the dist thorn in their side, but worse follows. The report further "urges that the special consideration which has to be shown these ladies re-nits in s to the department. This tude is perhaps mainly due to the fact tht the Victorian operators have consistently refused to don the obnoxious head gear in vogue in_other capitals, which leaves both hands free to work the connections, thereby economist the stuff. Provided the Federal Hostal Aepartment adopts the sugze-tion made in this report, No more iris or women will be xppointel 1 the bronc! diexted, All rurure vacancies will he filled ap from the ranks the messenwho nder_a clause in the Posts Bill, now before Parlint, must retire on reaching the age of
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