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Southern Cross, Volume 2, Issue 33, 10 November 1894, Page 8

“In September last there started from London for New Zealand two men who, (says the Westminster Gazette) may prove the leaders of the unemployed to fields of work. They were “ seen off ” by Mr Vallanee of Whitechapel, and Mr Hazell, M. P. They looked strong and hearty—country-fed and country-coloured. They were in the best of spirits, and keen in the thought of what they would do for themselves in the new country and under the employer who had hired their service. A few mouths ago these men were in Whitechapel workhouse unemployed, unfed, and hopeless. They were sent to Mr Hazell’s farm and at the Guardians’ expense have learned to work the land under his bailiff, and now go out with health, skill, and strength. The experiment has been a small one—too small to bear the weight of any large conclusion, but it seems to point a way in which Guardians may walk.” Just so, but it is ratherj odd to learn that the workhouse guardians of England should look to New Zealand as a field for the unemployed when it is difficult to find work for the peo pie already in the colony. An omnibus service is to be started between town and North Invercargill on Monday.