IMMIGRANTS.
The Labour Journal tor October, in referring to new arrivals, states that 42 immigrants from Great Britain
were assisted to employment. Generally speaking, they were a very good class indeed. The assisted immigrants, who were generally possessed of some capital, appeared to be men of the right stamp, and almost invariably went straight away to work in the farming districts. Passengers (otner than those assisted by the High Commissioner) from Home steamers have also found ready employment, with the exception of those connected with the building and kindred trades. Generally speaking, says the Journal, these men have come to the Dominion entirely on their own initiative, owing to the general slackness of work in the United Kingdom, and have found, on landing here, that trade is also slack. Some have means and can afford to wait; others have mada for the country districts, and have expressed a willingness to tackle farm work should no openings be available at their callings.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3018, 14 October 1908, Page 4
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161IMMIGRANTS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3018, 14 October 1908, Page 4
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