MISLEADING INFORMATION
MIGRANT’S ALLEGATIONS. SYDNEY, August 17. Allegations that he had been given misleading information about Australia by officials at Australia House in London, before he migrated from England at the end of 1927, have been made by a man at present living at Ryde. He said that when he inquired at Australia House about the possibility of obtaining land in Australia on which to start a nursery and small farm, he was told that it would be easy. Suitable land, he was told, could be had practically for the asking, because there were millions of acres in Australia. The man stated that he had found the position entirely different. He had been in New South Wales for six and a half years, and he had been out of work for four years. His life’s savings—about £3O0 —had gone, and he was destitute. He had struggled hard, but had never accepted the dole. He did not owe anybody a penny. At times he had not had enough to eat. He had been forced to sell his nursery in Essex, in 1927, for resumption purposes, and had obtained £3OO for it. His daughter had migrated to Australia previously, ahd, After his inquiries at Australia House, he also decided to come to Australia, with his wife. During his first year in Sydney he was unable to obtain work or get a suitable property. Most of his savings vanished. In subsequent years he obtained work as a gardener and Was Highly commended by his employers, but, during the depression from 1931 to 1933, he was out of work, and his wife had to support him. Two children were born. “I had no compunction in coming out here,” he said. “I was told that i I was the right type of man for the :
country. I wanted to settle in Australia, and now I do not want to have to run away.” , The man, who has references to state that he is a good nurseryman and gardener, said that if he could obtain a suitable piece of land oh which he could live, and grow flowers and vegetables, he would pay rent and work portion of the week for the landowner.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 1 September 1934, Page 8
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