CHINESE LAUNDRIES.

CHINESE LAUNDRIES. (by TELEGRAPH.SPECIAL correspondent.} Wellington, Saturday. Some interesting evidence relative to the conduct of Chinese laundries in Auckland was given by William Tong, representing the Chinese laundry men, when the Factories Amendment Bill was before the Labour Bills Committee. Mr. Tong stated that most of the laundrymen were partners. There were mostly two in a shop, but in many cases there was only one. Some of the employers in Chinese laundries got £1 15s a week. An especially good ironer would get about £2 a week. Of course, others who were just learning, simply got £1 or £1 5s until they could iron properly. The number of Chinese laundries in Auckland was decreasing. There were now 36 laundries, and of these about six or seven employed labour. In Ponsonby three Chinese shops had closed down. There was no cutting of prices, the Chinese having all one price. Witness alleged that there was one European laundry in Greystreet, near the Town Hall, he thought, where there were three girls, which was open till all hours of the night.

 New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14520, 7 November 1910, Page 8