PLENTY OF WORK.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3405, 9 February 1920, Page 3

PLENTY OF WORK.

IN NEW ZEALAND.

PRIME MINISTER DETAILS ll\L\ll- ' GRATION PROPOSALS.

MEN, WOMEN, AND GIRLS

COMING.

An interesting statement as to what Cabinet is doing to foster and encourage imniignation was made by the Prime Minister to a— New Zealand Times representative on Thursday. “VVilh regard to imn.ligr¢ation,” said Mr Massey, “the High Commissioner has been informed by the New Zealand Government that there is a great. short- : age of labour in New Zealand, both skillea and unskilled, H 33: all ordinary unskilled labour can find immediate employment on Government and m_uni—eipa], works and from private employers; that farm’-labour is extremely Short, and mv3,l‘ri€d men with their. wives are preferred; and that carpen-‘ tel-5’ ‘micklayers, miners, and mechanics ‘ are required in large ‘numbers, and (‘.omD!'3lJd high w‘c‘~gos- I “Farm labourers al\d their wives Wlll be provided with passages on a‘ Raynlent of ten pounds (£10) each, the GoVe,.mnenf, paying the amount of‘ thil.d_c]asS fare in excess of £lO (that!

is an average of about £3O in each? case); and for farmers and all otheri classes of labour the Government is‘ prepared to grant assistance to the ex-N tom of £l3 per adult. fll\.l;\llGßAN’l‘ SOLDIERS WANTED. i_ “'l‘h,. Government has also requested ithe High Commissioner’ to place himself in communication with the Imperial autliorifies, with the object of obtaining for New Zealand a supply of immigrant soldiers, who may proceed under the Imperial GoVel'nmelll’s scheme of’ free passages. The New Zealand Government will undel't:lke to find (3ml.\ioylll(‘llt on al'l‘iVal for ablebodied men of that class, and they (’-an be asslii‘e<l of eolistant employment, wliethr-r at skilled or unskilled labour. The current rates of wages in the l)o----million were supplied at the same time.

SERVANTS GET FREE PASSAGE. “The High Commissi='6-ner has besides been authorised ti) offer free passages to domestic servants and to -pay two pounds each for such immigrants in addition to free passages.

“The experience of the Government,” added the Prime ;\lini.stel', “is that inimigrannts nominated by residents in New Zealand become pel'nl‘an-c-nt. se‘:tierS, and are more satisfactoigxr than thros-0 who come hem‘: ’\=;i‘r.hout knowing tnmch of The country, and having no ieiatives or connections in the Dominion. Jusr at present there ‘ave

soveru‘: thousands of this class waiting for .<?lippillg accommodation. A few days ago the Bremen, which a.l'l-ived in \\’«’Tlillglloz; with ovur one thousand p‘3.<sm>gol's., had of this number 180 nominato{.!. ,'imnlig‘l'ant.<; ‘tho Atllcnic§_ which is due on the first at‘ m-xt.nlonlh, has 150 of the 5111110 class on board. “Eu-";I\7T) \\‘O?\TT’J\"’ C‘o;\U;\’G.

“Thu (I'C\'{‘l‘lln](‘l]l. have at pmsonli in h::sml cw.-' £.30.000 on accoun’r of passage moiwy for intending inimigrzuits, nominated by citizens of this country. We are informed, also, ’r.ll:lt a number of ‘land v;oi:ion.’ those who ass»isto(l to l{(‘f})‘ ::gl'i<:ruli\lr<% going in Britain during; zlirr w:2;r. are lilielly to came to New Zoalancl. ’i‘lioil‘ passages will be paid by flip lmjnmial G<wel'nnlont in tlic sariio‘w*ay:lsfllo.<c of the soldiers 'l‘h.~n Hwrv are l'>of.woon 700 and S 0( Qi:'l.~'. the fizinnoos of New Zoalam.‘ .~‘olfll-"TR, xxuiifing‘ their lurn. In the cam of the latior tho New Zoillaml Govern !\l’.‘il' lg (-m11‘:"l)~1fing £2O (‘£L(*,ll ‘toWal'(l! tlinir f"9.l'(‘s. .“(")110 Ml"=NT’l‘ION \VOKl*}R:'~‘~ ‘TO RlE’l‘Ußl\T. , “ "- < I lf“,-(:.l'l«’.‘lfI‘(l on :1 m'o\'iol;; m-(-as‘ inn. I‘»".m.:‘ nro sfill nearly three thous l :‘m] ~\“‘w Z“al‘)£m‘l Clll’/J‘llS who \v("1'0 ll Pwiiairw Cn war sm‘vi(-0. and fhoy mus ll» lwrmnzlfl. burl‘: to their own eounfrj ‘ so such 0.»: the ll(‘(i(‘HSEU'_\’ :1l':ll'llL1‘(‘m(‘l‘l I:-an be -niadv for thrxip Du_qSslQ'(\S. Th l (‘h\\‘ui'i:nw'.'ii aw inlpr('SS(‘d with the im n—‘v'rxli\‘-> no-'to9sit_\f of ath-acting‘ pom‘. ‘laiirm to This colllifl'_v_ bgogmgp with H 1 li:l‘riiliiir*< al'i.<in_9; frmn the \\:a}'_ if ‘[ll Dominion is to ]\]'C;“‘(\S.Q‘. as W 0 her, it \-sill. illis imisf ho «l(mo_ n_:lm‘[ no 01 }M'li'miiily :~hmil(l ho Inst.” \