TO A NEW HOME.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 158, 2 January 1914, Page 1

TO A NEW HOME.

Immigrants By Mamari.

New Scheme For Boy

Labour.

One Hundred Due Next Month. WELLINGTON, Monday. It was a happy as well as a record crowd ot immigrants who landtd at the King's whan this morning bv the Mamari, which arrived frnm Lordon on Sunday evening. The vessel brought a total of 531 persons, made up of 81 domestics, 89 (aim labourers, 64 wives and children, and 297 ncminated by relatives in the Dominion. The Immigration Department has a most complete method of dealing wi:h immigrants nowadays. Every case is taken by the officers, bo that each newcomer knows what to do and where to go. Their transhipment to various New Zealand porta has been worked down to a line point, with the result that there is very little confusion. The adult passengers were distributed as far as possible yesterday as follows:—Auckland 120, Wellington 70, Lyttelton 64, Port Chalmers 42, Westport 42, Gisborne 20, L5lull" 20, Napier 18, Wanganui 13, Timaru 12. Picton 7, Grcymouth G. New Plymouth 3, and Nelson 2. Carel'il directions are given, so that the newcomer knows exactly how he is to travel, and bis destination, 'lhe Immigration Department supplies the immigrant with a fonn, specially prepared, setting out in detail the directions for transhipments. It contains sucn advice as follows: "Pssse-gers, ixcept domestics, must obtain their transhipment tickets in the smoking room from the immigration officer before they leave the ship"; "place vour cabin luggage on the immigration van, and it will be taken to your station or boat free of charge"; "all your hold and baggage room luggage will be forwarded by the shipping company"; "on request a telegram will be sent by the immigration officer to ynur friends in New Zealand. ' Then follows a detailed list ot steamers and trains, witii times and places of departure, so that every man and woman may have veiy clear instructions before them.

ilie Department also undertakes to deliver letters for the immigrants on board the arriving vessel. Ihe mail matter for the Mamari'a batch was exceptionally large. Friends at Home had eent cut parcels of Christmas cake and cards innumerable, and tha delivery of good things caused a great, stir on board. Of the 81 domestics 79 go siraigiit to positions in New Zealand. The other two, it is expected, will be placed by to-day. Ihe whole of the 89 farm labourejs go to situations immediately.

LANDED \\ ITU THREEPENCE. U always a touch of pa'hos about a croad ot new arrivatr. One must speait well, however, tf the kindly feather,t meted out to ttnm by the D-partment. There was a ca.e in print yistcrdav. A i woman, com inn with three ihiliren 'ti jJin her husband at Lyttelton, • lanued in Wellington with thiecperce. She hat! Leforc ihe Lit London, Lut exc.ss dues on her luggage amount! d to £4 19s 91. Her casa was immediately taken in hand by the Department's officers, who paid the fare for her and the three youngsters to Lytttiton, whiiher tha little party went last right by the Wahine. The husband will remit the money when he can, and ttie woman ea.s i-he will see he does so at the earliest opportunity, for tne admits she "would have been nowhere" without the Depart ment's timely assistance.

a new Scheme. A new scheme of providing farm labour for the country districts of New Zealand has been launched by the Immigration Department. It is similar in tome respects to the Sedgwick scheme, but the Department is now working direct. By the Aryshire, due at Auckland from Home ports on January l'.ith, there will arrivu fifty-one boys for farm work in Nc» Zealand. Their passage money (£10) has ben paid bv farmers in the Dominion, who have expressed the desire to take ihem, and the beys will ba indentured to their new employees for three years. The Department has its ofiicers at Home choosing the best kind of boys for the scheme, and it is hoped that by this means a new generation of farm labour will be started in the Dominion. A second batch of boys, fifty in number, arrives by the steamer Suffolk at Auckland on February 7th. Nearly all if these have been bespoken, and it is certain tfcat they will be placed before they artive. FURIHEK BATCHES.

Further batches of immigrants are due in the Dominion early in the new year. The New Zealand Shipping Company's liner Kotoru?, due at Wellington on January 7th. brings 18 domestic?, 29 farm labourers, and 63 relative?, a total of 110. The Ayrshire, due at Auckland on January 19th, is bringing 7 domestics, 6 farm labourers, and 41 relatives, with her hatch if 51 "farm boys." This brings her total to 105. The lonic, due at Wellington about January 20th, brings 64 domestics, 86 farm labourers, and Z32 relatives, a tote 1 of 382 newcomers.