Emigration to New zealand.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 32, 18 February 1875, Page 6

Emigration to New zealand.

(Prom tile TJ&merset Free Press.) ' f In London, lately, the advantages of .' USert .Zealand as^arfield'^of .'eibi^ratiou wasj made, the subjectrof a i very interesting 1 ipape^,; read., by ' iMissT/Emil^ .! Faiths- - : fnl at'tfce : 'Vfctori^ ; Dis- ; cushion Society,' in the Quebeci.Jnstitjtfe/•Lqwer ! S'eyin'oTar^Btreeti' • \\; The; > audience; ; wasj numerous, arid; in. •tWj.absence, of : '-■'■ thejDukeof' Manchester, "-, Sir- /Charles* . Clifford^ presided.'; m r;' ,"'' " „' After ;a iife.w .introductory sentence^by '■■•■'* theJGKairmai}, •;Miss-",3Paithfur.''obserYe<i -• ; that her' tour in Ameried. /Had.; convinced. - her I tliat the; United, State^ -afforded but ,' few- chances forjthose.wrio ( Ha.d to : .seek w their; for tunes in other" climes £ whereas^ ; , New: Zealan d.offered' the- greatest! attraction to those who' took; advantage of the; inducement's held' put to them.' by -.-!■ free and assisted passages. ; GiyinganyV in'te. restmg j account of a poor; : . ; welleducated girl, 'who at her instance! tad gone out to this rising colony, ; proving ', her 1 fitness/on the voyage, for a colonist, . and obtaining a situation:, of a g*bve!rn"merit, teacher at £50 : a. year immediately - on her landing,- with permission tb; !read up f<k ah examination •■'-' which, when .'passed, would give - her , Ll5O. a year. Miss Faithful said that the : current rate 6f wages for housemaids and; cooks wa&, from L3O toL4O a ; year^aod when' a^-- : ship ; came in> all the .single .women r were engaged- as: servants ; withinVa ; few "hours. 1 -A really.' goodY n^dlewbihan need" nevejr- be 'idlfr in . a/j.NieW-f Zealand .' tbwri) ,and. §irigie .women were proye<i;by the: savings-banks 1 to be abletq.fsay&as weo a'ssiiigle mien.',,r nien.', , 'She denied that ; '■.. emigration ; had the- effect . ! oS, taking 1 away the best servants, : apd d^laredi that it was .a curious fact good: servants '■ here made the worst emigrants.; :” They were riot ; the best servants ; for Pfew Zealand,, or. for any new : colony. ..The '.' great openings for the number b| '■■ excellent young; women who' , at I Home-/ were, out; of respect for family connec--tions, averse to take service, biit; : ,'wiHb, buckling\tq;iii the colonies^, soon proved their; good , : qualities^ ' and ' werer great favorites' with their. employers^ and scioli:; picked up %s .yiv.es. ; by =; fSpsible youngcolonists, who soon founaVout thalsuchi girls had 1 been brought upwell^ would . know how to manage their Homes, arid make good mothers for; their 1 children. Such .girls ' were, married witKdut.inffend-, ing it,7: while the ,'" 'pink; arid 5 "white ; dolls;"; who went out oii.amarryirignexpeditiori^ with pianos and;. fine'; cJbfHegi: : : found 1 few. bidders in the New^ 1 Zealand ': matrimonial market. •; It w^s J to. :; theY middle;. class' . ,'qf ; well^brought-uj) ■ who, though educated, were poor, tinat < emigration, proved so jgreat^'a^hpph., ; ' They could do things in the colonies and be well paid, for them thaJTtliey. could not. ,4a: 'at Home, Suggesting the development of, new and ; ' s^eciaT, in- .: dustrie's for wohienm; the colonies/ such . as yine dressing, winermaking,'thepfoauction of perfumery, essence, .tinctures, . : jums,: and:; 'crystallised fruits^-! Miss, Faithful ; drew r a melapcholy picture 1 - of the necessity' for; providing ;fpt the many sad cases of" women .who . would be, iiri-; valuable in the, colonies, .but who., here are; too . often ' actually cm thW" br jnk* .of. r starvation. Slie then pointed j /out r;'-"fcfie:' • evils which ; Have' too often : attbn^ed^tlie;' 1;, „system of female emigratioii: frqm' wtiiijj.'' i-, {'country, arid ; descrihed ■ hoVir ' eff^tually " thdse evils have ' been 1 , obviated'" bother admirable organisation of the; New-Zeal-: ■ :■, and !Goy^rrimerit . scheme, which makes female r ; " 'comfortable ■'. and ■ horiorabie.V , : :In conclusion ," she gave., some^infdrmation'wjth regard; to MtiHese; free assisted passagesj and described the--ppqratiori of the 1 Aqt^f 1 872^ %j \ wHich , : -every----' passenger -paying; £16. .for; a passage became i' entitled to landtb' the '. •value of L2O, on whic)b. they were nob qbliged-.tp settle : at qnce r tnus, enabling* a-'farnily to/eat'n" W&ges7ffir:%;y&gi™pi' two toassist tnerii :'the better^6irs(oeh ' . and cultivate, tHe;'.g'r : a'nt : ;, r tHey; we're;"' ; 'ta : .: have. '■ ; ' ■'■; : v : •.■'■."'••. ■'■,•-■ '-."•■'•.' ■ w/y <•■•!'.' '■:. After; the reading .of the paper, a' dis> ).'■' .^^cussiqn'ensuedrip^wmchrdbegentfemM^' ] tVJ-r j Beaven;.'in^iste'(i :r ; 6n^ : thp'.^bfs^ityl : : for the J Jorin'ation of a Goloriial -iytuseumi < wJiei^:^e;^Bu^n^:;qmigrajat;.:\^ ; ' learn.; .all ■ >.about'» f » the., f pl.ac^ ; ;; : ' v he intended:, 'to ,'.g6^ !wHa^ the.^was. 11 to do 1 whefl°He ; , gqt-.^therp, ■ ;and .jin fact'.^ .. learn iwhat^ it -would f ' qtherwise :take! '-' years,^f ! a^u;al eXpieriiincß[^b7 ! t^^iib.;' : ;The gey;; S / >: Hernng^:q|^prerke^fel}; . :; " gavfi':vn> irit'e'res'tiriff,,: accbWt.^hlis ;■; labors 5 .' emigrants -to >iGan'adar'and'wa9 : abl^taV : sayi »: : ;^ .\ffli!sffi\ t^m2kss,:,!; thorough' failures'; ! j- l F^qte^ of trade 'in 'Ajmerjca an^&m^d&^e^&(i^durin^«th^:'p|l§l:f msffisM '^^Wl^ out Jmen4o "New : ! Zealandi f "tbe '''aasistea' ! ' : passes miehf iiHafeMif^l %$J$ feasible. He bore, -testimony to the impk-ovement in""a&commoda&sS now proyid^^t&p -^ the AOOQ^perspiis,. .He^MtH.-rthai.assistr.io -agce of tH&jmublic r . had been abijpsto'*^ send o|t^Hb f£ was very anHdus ip'"seef|Jx eHifeg enflffl?ation movement- go- 6W^ f ßi:^ l Dry sdajeviwiks^speciaUy anxious about ferns ile emigrationy.there <beingr&s o,ooo surf lus owomen in . .this- . codatHr, &&afc woEhen; Kkhf Required fo;t co|omesrr--^— no ■li l reply tqr£quesfeiq.n # J\|Jsg-^E'aitMa S«d th^te lAgentrGeneraL.for <3feW»««<t Malan^ $<ffid gv&at free passa^^^ poor ladies owho.werafit and willinffi'iqf"!^ undertildjibiiestic work ; whett fflSjMr 68 out %h«r^ sw.sa —v-w- A/-