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Article recounting recent strikes of tailoresses in Sydney, which highlights the "long hours, arduous work, poor pay, and the request of the workers for higher wages". This has been met with wide-spread public approval.

Article complaining about the ever growing throngs of Melbourne Tailoresses who claim to be overworked and underpaid. According to the author of this article, it is a constant increase in the number of workers, which is the primary cause of the…

Recount of a meeting at the Melbourne Trades Hall concerning the employment of women.
Recommendations for womens working conditions were made.