YOUNG IMMIGRANT FROM SHETLAND ISLES

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 171, 10 October 1927, Page 16

YOUNG IMMIGRANT FROM SHETLAND ISLES

NO PROSPECTS AT HOME MANY BOY SETTLERS ARRIVE FROM the far-away Shetland Islands a young man has come to try his fortune in New Zealand. “There were no prospects for me at home/’ he said, in giving the reasons for coming out. Along with 30 other boys from almost every corner of the British Isles, young T. M. Mainland arrived by the Rotorua last evening to go to Flock House, where he will learn farming. His companion, a bright lad of 17 years, comes from Belfast, Ireland. *‘l used to work in the shipyards/’ he said, “But there was no work for me. I stood on the corner of the street for three years, looking for work, but it never came.” ISTew Zealand’s youthful population was advanced by 65 yesterday when the Rotorua arrived. Thirty-one of the boys will go to Flock House. They came out under the care of the Rev. N. Benham, who had been Home to finish his studies. Thirty-four more boys came out under the Church of England scheme of Empire Settlement. They had Mr. R. Boyt to take care of them on the trip. The boys were very fine types and are all keen for the new life. Mr- Denham said that they had all enjoyed the trip, which had been particularly smooth. Altogether there were 328 passengers on the Rotorua, 139 of whom were immigrants.