A GRATEFUL IMMIGRANT.

Evening Star, Issue 3470, 7 April 1874, Page 3

A GRATEFUL IMMIGRANT.

The ‘ Southland Times’ publishes the following letter, received by Mr Lillicrap, barrack-master at Invercargill, from a recently arrived immigrant, written on behalf of himself and companions : The Barrack-master, Immigration Depot, Invercargill.—Dear Sir, —I caunot take leave of you without expressing my best thanks to you for your kindness, and the nevei-tiring energy and trouble you have taken to secure the immigrants good places and good pay Through your kindness 1 hare secured a good place, at good wages and a good home to go to. On our arrival you received us with great kindness, and much credit is due to you for the way you treated us. You had a good supper ready for us the minute we came to the depot. I can safely say you did all you could to make us welcome and happy. We have not received such kindness and treatment since we left home as we have received in this depot. I find, for cleanliness and comfort, this place beats all that I have been to yet. I am requested to thank you by my fel-low-immigrants for your never-tiring kindness to them since our arrival here. Many of them could not write to thank you jobbers gotemploymeut so quick that they did not have time to do so. 1 promised I would do it for them. I shall forward a copy of this letter to Dover, Kent, England, to Colonel Couchman, R.A., Major Dickson, M.P. for Dover, the Earl of Gilford, Lady Cookbourne, and Colonel Henderson, Chief Commissioner of Police, London, (whose service I have just left to come here). This is a fine country fora young man to come to, and a man with a family can do well in this place. There is plenty of work, and good pay for eight hours’ work. I have myself left a good home to come here, and I am fully paid for my trouble in coming out here. I should advise everyone that wants to better his position in life to eomo here. The above named gentleman will have a copy of this letter to get published in the English papers. I promised to send them a true account of the treatment received here. You may publish this, if you think fit.— I am, Richard Golding, Immigrant by ship Scimitar, from London.