BOY IMMIGRANTS.
t » A PROGRESS REPORT,. ALL DOING WELL. Mr. T. E. Sedgwick" was in an optimistic , state of ' mind when, interviewed by a Post representative yesterday afternoon on his return from a" tour, .during which ho looked up tlie boy immigrants who were place* out in the Feafherston, Feilding, and Palm&rston districts. " All of them," he said, "are doing very^ well, and the general consensus of opinion among their employers is on© of satisfaction. The boys- appear to be- in still better physique than when they landed, and in no instance 'do any of them wish to return Home. The* new life and the new work found them contented. They had evidently adapted themselves to their new environment, and they gave every promise of making first-class settlers in time. Letters from other parts of the Dominion received while 1 have been away are of a. similar tenor. There were several cases where the employers had already given the boys increases in salary, as they found that the lads were better than they expected. Some of them have also been given additional clothes to those pro- I vided in the outfit, and all those within reasonable distance of the Masterton show wero taken to it. One gentleman ; reported that in three weeks his protege, had learnt to milk sixteen cows, while another, who employed . two boys, said that, each milked fifteen after only four weeks' experience, none of them having i I had such experience previously." Proceeding, -Mr. Sedgwick state* that the suggestion that farmers were likely to "exploit" boy labour, was not borne out/by experience. Every farmer who expressed an opinion stated that he would be glad to have an^ opportunity of employing such labour if further parties w.ere introduced. The general opinion was thait, if possible, 'furthea*" parties should bo brought out to rez*h •here in August or September, or October at the latest, in order that they mighthave tbe full advantage of starting whau the season began rather tJian in the height or at tbe end of the busy period."
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 50, 1 March 1911, Page 3
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