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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume II, Issue 186, 17 June 1874, Page 3

Besides the exodus of the working classes of which wo have heard so much, there is now on foot a scheme for the exodus of the middle classes 5 and at the meeting held recently at the Labour Agen«y Assembly Booms, Long Acre, it was pointed out that a well devised plan’ of emigration is the only means of alleviating the growing and extensive want of employment among the middle classes. It 5a impossible that the upper classes can witness the departure of the lower and middle classes without a twinge of emotion, and even the most callous “ man of the world ” will feel a. passing regret when hie valet, his grocer, and his tailor, ware their ndieux from the deck of the emigrant vessel that boars them to lands overflowing with unadulterated milk and honey ; but the tears will soon bo brushed from the eye, and the necessity of self-help will leave no time for useless lamentations. The population of this kingdom will bo reduced fo what are vulgarly called the ” upper ten thousand,” and these will have to lead a very different life from that they have been accustomed to. There are many lessons in cooking, washing, tailoring, &0., which they will have to learn, and the sooner they begin the bettor, for there is no time to be lost, and, above alt, let them endeavour to live together as a £ ‘ hapjpy family.” There must bo no more (Jhcsterfie'd Letters or anything of that sort. Honesty, frugality, and industry must occupy all their thougnts and attention to the exclusion of many little things we could mention. — l*all Mall Gazette.