EMIGRATION

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 637, 14 October 1909, Page 8

EMIGRATION

' A NEW ENGLISH .SCHEME ' An ■ appeal: foi' assistance to ' a new enjigratiori - scheme -is , published ; in' ;tlje ■' English. "Tablbt." To sflpd but tpvfij; lads-to colonial :farms 'is the 'object: in - view. ; ". I: .y - Jfc-is stated that'-the .scheme has'the .- warm :approval :and 'cordial."support of: such - wellknown colpnial "authprities and students ; of social conditions as" Viscount Milner,' " Lord Northcote, Lord Tennyson,'the Bishop of London, tho. Archbishop of Westminster,'- the Hon. .Harry Lawson - (Mayor of Stepney), the War. :dens of loynbee Hall, Cambridge House,' and Maurice Hostel,/ Sir ' John , Kirk, /Prebendary lEnssell Wakefield, Mr.,Sebag Montefiorei and the .rebtors, of. numerous'parishes in which the lads auccted reside. So far, the . working lads of from-.sixteen to :twenty-one' years of age have; never had a xhance given, them to enifgrate, or,, in fact, to get on arid prosper, iin any.'other, way. . f buch-:.youths.. aro all, with •very, tew exceptions," willing workers; potential agriculturists, and probable fathers.. They have in thoni the tnaterial -of Empire-makers, producers 'Of -our; Imperial agricultural re. : sources, but if - neglected liable to deteriorate from being; oat of .work,, owing to their-num-bers_.bping enormously in excess of the demand -for their labours. ■ , "Before placing' its efforts on a • inore per:manent basis, the committee is anxious to send- 1 out a, few typical .parties of lads to the colo:?ies,. m..order to-tost by experiment and direct -inquiry what/class?? of lads, are must.likely : to do well on colonial farms, ■ where : they ar» ;most wanted, how many ca „. be readily a" sorbed :by the different States, and other si mi l»r-' questions. . A thousand., pounds will • omi- ■ grate. about seventy lads o Australia or New Zealand, or a larger.: number to Canada' when the season recommences. As the ZL l° :comes. repaid -it..will be. eimilarly reapplied" Allowing therefore for' failures, It is thSi possible to place at least 250 lads in the colo nies for overy thousand pounds , snb"?ribe f T rhe .committee thinks the Home and Colbniai Governments will be wUling- to assL in ■ th« emigration < of lads :\when experience has shown that it can be successfully. conducted and pt periment has indicated which classes of lads are most. likely -to make good -cplonista.

HUTT AND PETONE NOTES . i (From Onr SDecial Iteioorter.r -3 * A POPULAR HEADMASTER. The popularity'of'. Mr; Jas. Horae, tho retiring headmaster of" thePotono. school was ovidoncod'by-'the large -attendance -at the "sowhich was tendered to him last night at the Petone .Drill Hall. - Large numbers of expupils and . parents of .. ex-pupils', were present and; seated on ]' the platform besides ' the : guest -of the evening,, were some of the principal - citizens of the town.

Mr. G. Londpn; an ex-Mayor.of Petone, presided during an interval in ,tho proceedings, explained • the object. of the gathering, w for the .unavoidable absence .of Mr. T. M. Wilford, M.T\, and Mr. Joplin, a former associate of Mr. Home's. His own position as presiding • over the gathering,» he said, was due to. the fact that he was a member of-the school committee when Mr. Horne first came-to-Petone.. That was- 23 years.ago, and few of the men who had' constituted that committee were now in Petone. No-one was of greater importance to the community than tho schoolmaster, , for he had in his hands the moulding of tie character of the citizens that were to be, and that' Mr. Home had . carried out this work well.was to be seen when they considered- the number of his ex-pupils who ; w « r * playing a, worthy part in: life; . .Mr. Johnson .then presented Mr. Horne with a f watch,. and - Miss Hoine .with* a pair ; ot _silver-mounted perfume. bottles. • ••' " " _The Rev. A. Thomson, chairman of . the board of managers of the Technical. School,- raid- that m SIJr , G thnt all who had passed through Mr. Home's hands .would look-back on', their school days with great ploasure. Therowas •j® 2W' ™'•% ■ Dominion 'that, had had-a worthier master; ' " • - - • ■

N'KehziVon behalf "of the Petone s P oka ' the good qualities of the retiring headmaster as a'citiW ? to b> ; the Mayor (Mr. J. W., MEwan). • Messrs Lynskey and'BcdincfasSrClaf v / r - Horne, expressed tho g«od feehng_which he' had inspired in his Mr Horiie nxn • Ivho lVt ° snccec(! th / sincere Sood wishes rnent. P teach v ers .him..in his retire-'

. FIRE BRIGADE COMPETITIONS. The chief, holiday attraction at Petone ves* today was _the Fire Brigade carnival, -prlueh drew a good number of people to the Recreation Ground, _ The number of competitions was not great, but owing to the fact that .there were-large entries for all events the carnival irl !°', e , da F' Th ° Chief events were those that counted for the Licensed Victuallers' bmela, which -/was -won by the team representing t the Gear :Firo Brigade. There , were' ■ t T ? u . r brigades in.the competitions-Lower Hutt, Petone, Railway Workshops,, and Gear Co. Admirable arrangements for, the - day were hater,. J. fcraith, and Murray; Ground, Committed • Xjapfcain _Horne, Secretary Baldxin, and superintendent Lepper; starters, Mossrs. Purser and CruicKshanks; timekeepers, MeSsfs. Brooks, Warden, Jenncss, and Hall; secretary, Mr. lit 'iH • I L Grsat assistance was afforded tho officials by the custodian of the ground, Mr. bniith.' Following are th 6 results of tho competitions:— ; ■ ... ■ Shield events: Five men, reel and hose-. Gear team 1, Hutt 2; five men flat: Gear'l, Petone 2; three men,flat: Hutt 1, Petone 2. Totals,, Gear .(Parrant, Smith, Wright, . Webster, %&?*>>* l-'fwjfs.v Bntt (Slyan, Brooker MlCain, Strand, Fleet), B.points.. • Open events: Three men wet: Goddard, Parrant, Pettit (Gear), lj-Eose, Gaynor, Selwood /Petone), 2. - "ra*u\ Hobman and Doran (Hutt), lj.Shardlow and Guthrie (Petone)."2; Sl^n- and Brooker ;(Hutt),'B.■„ -'coupling:- Eobman-i (Hutt), 1: Guthrie (Petone), 2; Byford (Workshops),-, 3. One -man wet: Gaynor'-(Petone), 1; Byford .(Workshops), 2; .Smith (Gear), 3.. ■ - -event:'/ Slynn, Brooker (Hutt), 1; Parrant, Flowers, Pettit (Gear), 2.

V" PETONiI, BOWLING CLTTB. Labour Day is apparently" looked upon by members) of . the Petone Bowling Club as an ideal opportunity to" test'their sights and measure their strengths. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. yesterday the green was well used, ind although quite' a' number played three' full games of 21 heads, it is safe .to assume,'that, judging by .(appearances, they ■.would,have." en-' joyed yet> another -gable. ;■ The-.'thief:- interest of the day's play- was centred in a'-,mateh between teams-representing l the 'secretary'(Mr. Stephens) and'treasurer (Mr.'Castle); During the l afternoon the ' refreshment arrangements were supervised' by - Mfs. and .Misa .'Barlow.-' ' Among iV the -guests - were the , members' for Ohitiemnri and Pahiatua; The following Tare; the scores in'the. match' Secretnry v. Treasurer; the names of, the treasurer's team being-given first in'each case:— ••• Curtis, .Waddell, Gardiner, Jones, (s.), 28; Firth, Laney, Renai,'Ross (s.), 15.' Young, Woodhonso, Maynard,. Udy ( 5 .), 15; Wakelin, Rennie, Stephens,'; Mellhnish (s.),' 23. Walton,'S. R. Johnson, Bull, Castle (s.), 28; Dr. Harding, Whitten, Smith, Coles (s.), 20. iGray, Beynoii,-Palmer,. "19; Cometti'/Cates, P. v "M'Artliur, CcuHe (s.),' 19:. Ha & ' <«•)'.' 23;"' Allan, Griffiths, Cooper, Findlay («;);' 14. •? :Battersby, '.Elvines, Barlow, Carter'(s.), 28;' •Wilkinson, Barnett, Ryder,: Wearrie'.(s.),' 10. . Totals:, team,: ,189s- secretary's team, 101.. . . / .'.- •-i.JOTTINGS,team from 'the -.Wellington East.Cricket Club met an eleyen representing ■ Petone on the Reoreation Ground yesterday; Petone were unable to put their strongest team in the field, andjsuffered defeat by a good margin. 'In their' first innings'the local'eleven notched 33' runs; the visitors replied by putting up 125, ■ Petone went in again, but were unable to reach their' opponents': first innings scoi-e; : . - IMet' practice ,by : the Petone Cricket Clnb will be cbmpienced on the Recreation Ground to-day.