WITHOUT FUNDS OR FRIENDS
IMMIGRANT STRANDED IN NEW ZEALAND (by telegraph—press association.) Palmerston North, May 13. An unusual set of circumstances was revealed in the Magistrate’s Court today when an engineer was sued foi rent. , Counsel for defendant said his clienrcame out from England as an immigrant, believing that a position as gasworks manager at Nelson awaited him there. The New Zealand Government representatives in England had not made any inquiries as to the position being really available when defendant made application for a passage as an immigrant. When defendant arrived in the Dominion, to his surprise and horror ho_ found that the gasworks people at Nelson knew nothing at all about the position. Defendant was then stranded with his wife, without funds and friends, and the best he could do was by getting odd jobs. He had a personal interview with Mr. Massey, and the Government was paying his expenses to England, whitfier he sails from Auckland next month. The summons for rent had been sent to the Government in an endeavour to secure assistance, but no reply had yet been received. His Worship: Has Mr. Massey made himself responsible for that also? Judgment was given for the claim, and an order for possession of the premises.
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 196, 14 May 1924, Page 6
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208WITHOUT FUNDS OR FRIENDS Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 196, 14 May 1924, Page 6
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