AMERICAN EMIGRANTS FOR SYDNEY.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XX, Issue 3917, 28 May 1877, Page 2

AMERICAN EMIGRANTS FOR SYDNEY.

(From the " New York Herald.") The good ship K Boynton, Captain Blanch arcl, sailed this afternoon from the Piei S, East Eiver, for Sydney, New South Wales, where her ninety - nine steerage passengers hope to find steady j employment and comfortable homes. The men, -women, and children comprising the passenger list are sent to their far away destination by Messrs R. W. Cameron and Co., of ISTo. 23, South William- ! street. The Government of New South Wales desires all lcinds of artizans, ! laborers and mechanics who are trilling to work for the purpose of securing the prize of comfortable domesticity. When the chance was made known there was a great rush on the part of the hungry and unemployed, presenting the singular spectacle of people desiring to leave the land of the brave and the home of the free, where, according to certain legends in the old country, dollar gold pieces spangle the streets and aldermanic nominations are as plentiful as Jersey mosquitos in August. Only a little while ago several hundred men were shipped to Scotland, to be given work there upon some municipal improvements. On tht^ Ist of March the sister ship of the BoynW ton, the Sierra Nevada, now lying ay pier 8, also will sail for Sydney, with another batch of emigrants, in search of Australian bread and butter. Thus we see the singular anomaly of the Star of the doubling on its track and blazing towards the East. Perhaps in the near future, unless times improve, Castle Garden may become a vast depot for the departure of disgusted visitors. * * * Every man interviewed had the same story to tell regarding his motive for leaving America. A young stonecutter, who had worked for Struthers and Son, of Philadelphia, stated that in good times he had been able to make 5 and 6 dollars a day, but now work was scarce at 2.25 cents. He expects to obtain 3.50 cents in New South Wales, where provisions and house rents are much cheaper. He has some money saved, as have nearly all those on board the Boynton. There is not a penniless man amongst them ; they are simply lieeing from the prospective hardships of a life in the States.