UNKNOWN

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 84, 30 April 1901, Page 2

UNKNOWN

TO THB EDITOR. Sin,—Having no iced in your paper that Mr. W. Courtney is going heme to England to bring out more men, I would venture to sugges', that he should take home tome of the unemployed with him from here and other plaoes, Auckknd in particular, as there are a great many out of woik, notwithstanding Mr. Courtney's statement that there ig a, acarei'y of labourers. I notice the redeubtab'e Mr. C. wants financial assistance for this disin* wrested mission of his from private individual, seeing that he could not induce the Premier of this country to give him public money for this purpose, although back d up by a highlyinfluential depute ion of his personal frieads. In his rofuaa', the Premier actad with discretion* and sound judgment. I hear that one of Mr. Courtney's cadet", whom he induced to come here, is returning after working for flxte n months at 5i a week, board and lodging, d »vrg a slush cart. Thii youth with h : s two b/othera paid Mr. OairLrey £3 3s o*cli ns commission foe fcis services, BiLji.t prvspsc's, Mr,, Edito-, indf ed, for a j;outh to leive his widowed mother to ocme to th's far-off land, and then for her to have to send out ihe money to enable this youth of tender jears to return Home again. If repottsare true, tbiswidoweJ mother hti to curtail In r p. isojbl expenses ial oider to assist two out of tbe three young men t > c me to this place, that is cilhd " the Qai den of New Zealand," and represented by agents as the land that flows wi'h milk and honey, which d) si ot exist, excepting milk. As milktiyand o:bor f.iin lands have to toil here seven days a we k from e%rly | morn till late at night fer wages that are not commensurate wi h tbe labour iven, surely, sir, srmeone bhould sound the war. ing note in thi E 'gl'sji in rrder ihai peop'i contemplating coming to No v Zealand should bn acq'aint-d witU tbe actual facts as, h y exi,t here. Tie fe nales who' came out with Mr. Courtney, after stay-i-g here a ►hoit tim •, 1. ft the district notbeiDg tatisfied *itnthe prospects here.—-We are, etc.,

Sigra'ures of mm out of work.—M, Mahon, J. G. Oiarke, Harry R. Hunt, P. J. Wcod, F. Bobbs, W. Canne, G. Kirshaw, P. Connor, 0. Francis, W, Murray, Mcßa'rn-.

PS.—The seven days applies to milkers. Thi* leterwas written thia morning and doi.bla the signatures could be obtained in New Plymouth and outlying district? only there was no t ire.

[Without expressing any opinion on Mr. Courtney's iwmigrati n scheme we Inve no limitation in saying that tko s on that ths eleven youog men signing the abovo let'er are unable to secure employment is simply ridiculous, Tnore are hundred* of setie s in New Zenl.nd who larded wi hum experience and with<ut money, but by tackling he firs'; job tleycojidg<t and woikiog hard areu»wamongst the mest wealthy setlersin the colony.—El.] New Plymouth, New Zeiland, 29 h April, 1901.