ENGLISH BOYS FOUGHT SHY OF THE “SHAKY ISLES "
XT OR a month following the pubA lication in England of the reports of the earthquakes on the West Coast, no applications as intending immigrants were received from English boys. This was disclosed at yesterday’s meeting of the Auckland Diocesan Synod, when the Rev. W. W. Averill spoke on the work of the Church of England Immigration Society. When it was learned that the reports were exaggerated, he said there was a renewal of applications to such an extent that some boys wished to come out in th2 summer months. However, farmers believed in engaging them in the winter.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 795, 16 October 1929, Page 1
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107ENGLISH BOYS FOUGHT SHY OF THE “SHAKY ISLES" Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 795, 16 October 1929, Page 1
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