A WARNING.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20623, 12 August 1932, Page 19

A WARNING.

NO EMPLOYMENT IN ENGLAND. j OPTIMISM THAT LEADS TO TRAGEDY. t :-'i:oii on; owk coraiEspoNDEKi-.N j LONDON, July 8. Shipping; companies trading with New Zealand are in. the position to carry a larger homeward crew than that necessary on the outward voyage. It is possible, therefore, for adventurous young men to work their passages to England, but they are required 10 sigu an undertaking that they will not call upon the shipping company to repatriate them. A number ot men have thus worked their passages in the hope of obtaining employment in Kngland. Some of them arrive with money enough to Keep them only for a few weeks, but witn great confidence in their powers of persuading employers to accept their services. They tind no work and their money rapidly disappears. More olten than not they look to the High Commissioner's oltice 10 help them in their clitbculty. They can only bo told that there is no work to be found. In the end, they are forced to ask for financial 11 id from generous New Zealandcrs who hold positions in London. Vv'hat becomes of some of them eventually it is difficult to say. One man with professional experience lias been driven lately to apply for a position in Kussia. Kven if he gets it his pay will probably Ix 3 useless outside Russia, and his ability to get out of the country again is ;t matter of uncertainty.

The Solvation Army often comes to the aid of the High Commissioner's Office, and provides men with bods for a night or two. There have been eases whero men drift into crime.

The High Commissioner sends a request from i Geneva, that publicity should be given to deter young men working their way Home in the expectation of finding work in England. ''To-day, again," Sir Thomas Wilford writes, "I have received a letter while at Geneva telling me that a young man who has worked his way Home ar.d who has enough money to keep himself j for six weeks, requires employment. Even if I was back in England I could not find it for him, and while here, of course, ono can only ask all the office sinff in touch with employers to do their best for him. You can see the sad risk the young man is taking, hut. unfortunately, he cannot see it. Will you help me as far as lies in your power to put an end to this foolishness, for it may end hi tragedy?" A word of warning should also bo given to young men who come Home to obtain short service commissions in the Royal Air Force. It appears that not every man makes the fullest enquiries before leaving New Zealand. A case in point is that of a New Zealunder who has actually arrived here without knowing that the age limit for obtaining these commissions is 22. Last year it was 25. The applicant, who is 24 years of age, may have an opportunity of getting into another branch of the service, but ho would have saved himself a great deal of disappointment if he had made more exhaustive enquiries before he left NewZealand, for the new regulations weTe available in the Dominion before he left.

Others are over-optimistic rmd think their appointments will go through in a verv short time. They sometimes find they have months to wait, and their finances are strained.

of the 2-cycle cold starting type by Messrs L. Gardner and Sons, Ltd., having five cylinders capable of 240 collective b.h.p. at 370 r.p.m. Glorious Probabilities. After the ceremony, tho guests took tea in the Town Hall, where a presentation was made to Lady Bridgeman. In acknowledging the gift, Lady Bridgeman said the launching of any vessel was always a very moving, thrilling, and wonderful function, and the launching of the Southern Cross had vast and glorious probabilities. It was a joy to feel that the building of that vessel had given some employment to one of their shipyards in these terribly distressing times. That firm was also famous for building lifeboats, so that they had going out from that yard one class of vessel to save the souls and another to save the bodies of men, women, and children, be they white, black, or brown. It was a wonderfully encouraging sign, that the spirit of philanthrophy was still surviving through very distressful times, and that our people were still ready to help their friends overseas, and encourage missionary work. No Church could be happy, prosperous, and progressive unless it worked in the mission field. When they thought of th<3 Southern Seas they were reminded of the argosies bringing to these shores sweet spices, and other delectable things, and she hoped in future they would return with the spirit of the sweet spices of Christian virtues and the testimony of Christian men to the worth of missionary effort. That had been a very proud and very happy day in her life. (Applause.) Only £SOO Needed. The Rev. A. E. Corner, on behalf of the committee, expressed thanks for the very kind reception of tho toast success to the Southern Cross, whoso base would be in the-Solomon Islands, and it would work entirely in the British Empire. Its officers would be Englishmen and the crew natives of Melanesia, who had been well trained on their present ship. She would be used for enabling the bishop to supervise his work, to tako the missionaries from island to island, and to places quite unconnected with any line of steamers. She would not carry tourists. (Laughter.) That vessel would replace one which after 30 years' service was almost worn out. When it was known that they must provide a new ship they were offered all kinds of vessels from millionaires' yachts to steam trawlers. They resisted all the tempting offers, and decided 18 montliß ago that they must build a new ship. They started with £9OOO to build a ship costing £20,000. The money came in very well, the bulk of it from quite poor people. When they first decided to build they were promised £SOOO from Now Zealand towards the cost, but that country had suffered most terribly from earthquake and. now needed their help. He was glad to tell them they only required £SOO now to clear off the debt. His greatest ambition was to send a cablegram to New Zealand to say that the Southern Cross had been successfully launched free of debt, and that would seud a thrill throughout the whole of that countrv.