BOY IMMIGRANTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 165, 12 January 1914, Page 4

BOY IMMIGRANTS.

FURTHER INFORMATION. ■ •PurthcM particulars in this matter show that the High Commissioner has . {forwarded to he Department a groof photograph of the lads. They are » •trapping lot, and appear to be of alright physique for farm work. They ■"■ bail from all parts of tht United King* dom, forty-four being of English birth, six Irish and one Scotch. Mr. IL CCameron, who is the immigration office* attached to the High Comniissionert staff, recently travelled over England «nd personally selected the majority *f tho boys. They ihave all had some farming experience at Home, ranging from two to six years. Their age* rim from sixteen to twenty years, and their ' average height is sft fiin. The biggest lad of the party is Joha * Halloran, who has been farming for six •£. years at Moyasla, County Clare. He i» <■ ■a veritable young giant, twenty year* ■» of age. standing fift 2iii high, and weighing 13st, Next comes Sydney Pledger, from Stoke-by -Clare, Susser, wn* reaches Oft in height and weights list £ reaches Oft in height and weighs 12»t ''•'* Sweeney, who hails from County Kerry, ifc weighs ]-2st 71b and measures sft l<%in. ■".. •The 'baby" of the group is Stanley . ; Baker, who has been «t farm work since .; he was ton years old, and bis age now is - J fifteen years. Ho measures aft 3in in ■ • height and weighs 7st alb. The conditions laid down for the employment of the boys are interesting. Tho first year they arc to receive 7b M a week, and out of thin each farmer ■ must give his lad Is for pocket money. The remaining (is fid is to be placed to •the credit of the boy in the nearest post office savings bank until £lO lias accumulated. That sum is then refunded •by the boy to his employer for hi* far* out from Home. The farmer has t» provide each boy with board, lodging i •and reasonable clothing. The minimum ' wage for the second year is 12s Od per week, and for the third year 17s fld. '