THE SYDNEY UNEMPLOYED.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 151, 29 June 1887, Page 4

THE SYDNEY UNEMPLOYED.

j - It is apparent that the "unemployed" difficulty is in danger, {of becoming chroni- in New South \yales, unless a genius should come forward with a scheme for placing them on the land. At latest advices the Casual Labour Board in Sydney had 3, 7p 1 men out of employment on their lis£—the number being made up as follows:—New arrivals from England fluring the last 15 months, for the most part assisted emigrants, 300; arrivals from other colonies, 840 ; and persons who may be properly considered as residents— though some of but recent date—in New South Wales, 2,611. j Of those, who came from other colonies, 313 are from Victoria, 224 from New Zealand, and 169 from Queensland ; 82 from South Australia, 12? from Western Australia, 35 from Tasmania, and 5 from Fiji. In otber| words, 30 per cent., including new arrivals from England, are .foreigners! to New South Wales, and of these 23 per cent, are from the other Australasian colonies. That nearly f our , thousand ' men should be -'"■'. employed on relief works seems ~on the face of it a proof of severe depression; and Protectionist newspapers in Sydney and , Melbourne claim • that it affords proof of the evil eliects of a Free Trade policy. These eoiiclusions are, however, much modified by the knowledge that 840 of. those who "Have got no work to do" migrated to the Free Trade colony from others which are more or less .Protectionists iv their policy. It would almost seem, indeed, that the idlers of Australasia had all been attracted to Sydney by the-prospects of getting relief rations and constant work at " the Government stroke." It is probably as wide of the mark to attribute this to Free Trade in New South W'ales,as to Protection in the other colonies. Melbourne accuses Sydney of sending idle men to Victoria, and Sydney retorts, with the above effective statistics; but, after all, the movement of population is, but the natural outcome' of the search for employment: at a time when labour is in excess of the demand for it. What seems more to. the point is the fact that New South Wales was the; last t colony to stop the system of assisted immigration after the .bad times appeared; and a logical corollary of their action is that they had to start Government relief works on a large scale; and it is the universal experience of, mankind that nothing is so easy, to foster quick to spread/as any system of State

Si or P a, n)^_t^7^ Sydney people, *mJS?*& I 110 that an L oUrsel ves, c fPital will do S x « foreS the. depression. 0 = Angus , and that V $$KM in business nSt at that time. ?ot for a longbeen l suclr ar aoney placed 4 J of for investment at cheapik outloolc^ r y s -;% yival of trade Very hoped that, the monrhs go bowling ing the same, which characterised the 10V prior to the ' realised, for the proS** l * SoutliW ?S would P iS|4J; all the other colonies lj^JJ a ?«*

-In Mr Whitehead's letW 0 ; a ' Z closing of shops which appeal sS 3 issue, the sense was >eg for it" being rendeJ.TTH ~;;;-..;;,-.'. -■. De o; lot Several children had a mW.,i„ on the Mount Eden Road They were being driven' in.tw-'- 0tIlill & fish deafer. wSnfeoll turned, and tbe children -were t ? Et> ohtothe roadway. V FortuaaWW { escaped without.injury.-i '■■■■'. ■^"•■•l As it was the expressed desire „( a , MrC. 0. Davis-to •liav_?S|S e > funeral, AdjutantSpratt, a_*4e4bKS officers, will, m acebrdance with tlf sire, conduct a funeral service mortal remams of their departe'dbiH*^' lll ! brother i B the SdvaMonj&fe Alb-rt-stieet. *J at 1 p. m. sliarp.andtheifuneral JjT Mr Mackie's, as previously iinWun^ In the hearing of the perjury case f-', morning-against one Campbel};4e%2 counsel for the.defence, fmccessfnlhn? mjtted that, as the indictment charS' prisoner with.perjury I duly sworn upon the .Gospel pf God »v? I reality having been sworn;upo_:ftcfe- I Bible after the Jewish,form of mZ I oath, the indictment must, neeessaSu 1 quashed. •.-.-., }W ■ We have been shownbyMr Harry i, Km* I ing, who has just returned.frbm Austnk specimens of the' new -Jubil4e?sov_S turned out from the Melbdwne.aiioLS* mints. They are very neat in ap^4 X ' and the only alterations in design aretlit the figure of tlie: Queen is' much' E m_la while a crown appears upon-ihe head ; W the helmet of St. -George--o_-tii.o[pj(. side bears v plume that was not them be. f° re - Mr R. W. Cuthbert.sohj'thcieaderoftlia Royal Geographical Society of iustiakaj'j New Guinea and when last heard of. was'jAKijpojtipoint of starting for the Dark Island;; Q-jy one white man will accompany theexpfe the remainder of the paity beino- Papaanj and islanders. The business of weiM tion is to attempt the crossing"bf ti.Ora Stanley range, which has so longdeied a. plorere. . r . ~ A man named Ernest Frost was Eerody assaulted at Lucas's : Cre.el£'thslffi% and was insensible for two „otii}-|ip.. quence. TwoFijiaos were picion, and a native named'Ha-iflfilJ* against whom a warrantvwas JMe|'f!p himself up yesterday. The case st-iidsti. jouniod till Monday. , , At .the last meetings of.'• the-Otie"hi_|j Borough Council a considerable amoiW routine . business was. transacted, -"Ha financial statement, whicli'was'read,sloied a credit balance of Lli). ; 15a lld.wi liabilities under- contract'-aiuountiig-to L;i4;{ 5s lid. • ~, . i • The adjourned meeting of Mm.' : West's creditors -for the purpose of >;e_iabl__g the debtor's wife to- oiler a^coraproiaiie.aa I_-Id this morning, but as the debtor Id not turn up, it was further; adjournedtill July 4th, at - 11 a. m. '.' i! ft ■, Mr John Lundon's meeting at :the Temperance Hall last evening was a remartatls one. , The champion ,ofmilage settlcuaits had only fairly started his spwch,**! one' of the audiencewen.into a fit;"&nd - scene of confusion arose, during which the affected individual was carried outsMeaaa I restored. A few minuW--later Mr ii_a°ii | raised the ire of" an. dd..soldier,|yM- ! sisted upon - speaking iv . defence of Su George Grey!/ 'Aihi&st great iiptwhe mounted the pktform.Wa**-* * then ;: .induced ,to.;-. take! »:■ seatjand await his turn. Mr Lundon ;rg«his speech, but again had a. disturbing effect, .and anothw j»»« audience •* got' up, tlaravv.'his arms-tw, and used, some very Hyely uproar; and was with"difficulty -•**[? take a seat alongside ofhisfellow-disteba The couple were comparatively '<&>s&*. while, but air apparently inoffensive remat by Mr Lundon .brought;them f botb,to» feet, and they began shouting andgestico' latihg wildly one on each sideof thatgen* man. The audience stood en mm, «R£ uprttir that ensued.completely P« taso C the business - of. the" meeting.' iven nou one of the disturbers was puwf? f. back door, but soon after he made fig « appearance at the front; anti-peace m restored until-both disturbers wef3« out by, p'o'lic-men.. Particulars of.fne.f S ing. ai'ipeM iii ahotlici cohunn. Max Rinkle's Jubilee BurlesqiwfJ last evening. 'The first part of \M& tainment consisted of ?™ ac ±fispersed with, dances; and the sepW tion of an Irish comedy entitled the Baron." This amusement; and Mr W-«■* *gg»J O'Toele, together Bailli-Bluffenberg.appear^a^ their parts. MissM,AJa«<Pg rtl * lit_legirlSflS,a«irvesa^*^_. tfe i creditable manner in .which- she acq ? herself as Edith, rAn .entte> egggg gramme will be produced this evening. should attract a large house- . The skating-rink «<•,%#£;-popular surely and; g^igSfiPfSS favour; It was well attendea 7k _, ap - both day, andnight;a?JS ™ ieD sely. peared -to. enjoy ; ,- We understand that, the pose setting.apart the nnh._ * -. and . _ dre . ladies desiring of s ßerfee iey "tL : governor of fe h and Hifh ingyesterdaxaiter»oon, W, rf of c wis elected chairman ■ ™* v ve »J>l headmaster., showed names on.tlierolth^™^ d^on^ boys beyond One, tm of other was left; to J ha* beadnifg after s . parisJ J Itwas announced tha* Mr s dunDj MrKerby's absence oll^he per week. Mr Board, wrote i n^; at n n " ui .ht. promised.the .act <W ille « al Counting to Ll4B 16s. A «X payment,