BENEVOLENT TRUSTEES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 637, 14 October 1909, Page 4

BENEVOLENT TRUSTEES.

CASE or A YOUNG IMMIGRANT. V' Ib.it- usual meeting • of the Wellington ■ Bene-. 'Talent institution 'wis held, on.Tuesdayafterinbon, the ; chair" being' occupied by 'Mr., John 'Smith There- were" also present Messrs. H. ; Cook, E. W. Shortt, U. Robertson, .'and: the Ror. W. A. Evans.' ■ ' 'The secritary: reported that there were 123 ■iiimates in tho Ohira Homo up ,to yesterdayj. >20 being'in the intermediate ward and 102 in the main hdmei Of whom. 70 'are men. •'' .v The "question 'of ■ what' should fee dono i.with a young man of 23;' an engineer's'fitter, who' 'only arrived from Wales a few weeks ago, and; >who 'had'been a charge on the board sincft, was considered. The -man-had Jbeon.sentt to the -Wairarana,' but he returned; to; Wellington; as ho alleged that ho could not find work. •The:secretary stated ' that -he could do- nothing with the young man. He thought, that ■tho-only way to treat him, if._ho was going to, roraain at-the Ijoinb, wis to drivo him at work, fund make' him realise .that it would be better to work for a-wage outside than to. work eight hours a day at the-home, for his keep. • ;■ - f. aniteply to .-the, chairman;-!tha ■-■applicant stated ha was not' very 'strong,' and could not get work, to which Mr.' Smith replied; that-it was "quite indent that the applicant did not caro'about wbrk.- i - 'V . '; , • Tho man said that ho had.been advised bv the agent at Home that ho: could get work and better.'wages- in New- Zealand. He-had been an engineer's fitter at Homo, and had 18s., per week. It was decided to send tho applicant back to the homo for a few days in order to detannine whether or not he.'could pull himself together, or.- if'any reply was reoeived Ito a cablo to his father for his passage money back to Wales. ■