ARRIVAL OF IMMIGRANTS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6384, 5 December 1907, Page 6

ARRIVAL OF IMMIGRANTS.

Till-; lONIC'S CONTINGENT. (ho liute on Hit) hwich of Now fo.ilamt are six nion'd high, and «ic milivTO 11,10 f.s w’mlf ns tlm |ioo)'li- in it wn.-i «*fo for (ill! record Minin' of |ias.scii;o.-™ wi.o cniao liy the lonic to venture nslioie. Tlie frnotie. umlirollas v,'liv'd ns Wiov have waved at the arrival of every hout from dome, tor many wars prist, Uiere is the same elarnour 'mid Hie same mail nml jm-'tle, tlio sane rails of rivoeri! 1-lon mid Hie same n ntiellef that the little boy on dec* will l 1,1,1 rnoHier tnu; eroivn Hint much ’ii seven montlis. IVople on bonnJ sine r souk without literary merit relative to "oilrliiiw on tlie shore," anil when ,„e saiiK'.i.w ■- fixnl. aimoilKl, there is i, lieri e blast of -steam coininK <ml of a I mail hole ju.-.t where i he- henils of the 1-1 niKKh’-is "ill be as -eon u.s they ninunt ) In- ya!i;y,va v, nobody heeds a sealil. lli ervbod v is' vnrv glad to see everybody .■ l -e,"ai,d one 1111 In eiowil on rliore wavis ,1, nuignifimil v.eliome to .sornclxnly on b eI-;, "Ur’s on board all riKht." says a man in a Indv —and then with a sigh "Ah, will -it iiui'l. lx, helped." live.r.vlxaly on board say - Unit (he line lot and re rl aln ly ..i-y have a

all an. ri's()ielable, jniilc iw>!;. fares Ireis "hard” I linn Hie fin es on the wharf--lint r-hniilders set he’s eonfidently, lon■iiiib slower of Sja-ich mid movemenls not mi brisk. Herb a, (rs it is lirranse I hem is hv-s ollmiw room in England Hi,in in New Zealand, a.llioils'li it yon dive into the crowd mm wnipel a ff w of tliesii new arrivals to talk, some will lell you that Old England i» beginning lo oiiow more i onsideration for tlie rank snd file mid a genuine desdro to stop Ikio (low of its best bono and sinew to A morion. South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. I'coide abroad still have jin idea I hat l.ngl ish lolk have special ifiialilieaitions. One man Horn the Cast nf I.ondon wlwn aske-d why he came lo the Dominion put it tcrw'i.v; "To make room for a Ife.oshan <lew n' course. VVot ■ lee d’vou link?” forward there is ft bunch of young women in charge of a nsi.tron. 'riic.se aro the rloincsstrc. sercanhs sent out at the rep nest of a syndicate of Napier women by the lion. Mrs Siiencc. If the crowd wore ttirco Urnra an largo every girl could get a billet; to-morrow, fine unusual clement in regard to the passengers by the lorde. Is that nearly tlie whole of th<ve in f.he Strerage are coming to I needs—manv to work n I ready found for them. In foot, shore friends were pointing out to irono of tlie men lire warehouses or s/iop-s that they would work in. To-morrow or «>on after the host will have spread to ibo ends of New Zealand and six hundred odd new-sdiiims will have begun to get (lioir “colonial experience.’’ It is ito very obvious to the ordinary observer that Wellington is not the sort of ploeo Imagined by the paseengers—nnd vyellrngton is perliaps n disappointment to many who believed that they wore coming "to tho beginning of thlnge-and a relief to others who found it civilised. People (if rural tendencies on tho lomc might have ruminated in tho evening at the sheep pens, or have made ao iiunmtaneo with country lifo by gazing Jit the Hereford bull that was a passenger. few voyages could have Ixen more plenmnnt it the pasumgers spoken to are reliable, and they seem so. Apparently ilie.ro was ranch talent on board, and not only were the ordinary concerts given, lint tho oilioers produced a play writtein by a well-known playwright who happened to be a passenger. There wore a bewildennont of ehildrcn on the lonic, nnd an unusual ly largo proportion of tho passengers were women. There was not among tho poaBC-ngeiK one who looked ns if he or she might become a burdon on the State, and tho general opinion gained from a couple of hours’ fnrr/stigution was that Now Zealand at piwenl has such a high reputation at Homo that it is rather vnmdOTftu anyone remains in tho Old Country at all. Of course there are many among tho piK-Tseiigci's who may not find comfortiiblo dneenrres awaiting them, and who will therefore write to the papers at Home, saying Hint things are not what Ihuv s«>m, but tho majority of folk who mine to this country happily “buckle lo” and find their groove. New Zealand wants them all.

'Hu? ppsscngorri by tho tonic immlwnMl J>7l. being cqn.’-l to !>l3 : | adults. Their ililies were tleKcnutxl ns follows: lOnglisli Scotch -hi, Irish 8. Tho niit tire of their rospoc„ivo professions, tailings, nml occnfKifcionK wore variously described. tho • contingent comprising rirpenters, upholsterers, farmers, cfxichb n ilders. motor mechanics, labourers, gardeners, domoshpcG, clerks, plumbers and litters, foremen jomors, carters, liroeors, eleotrieal engineers, dressmakers, milliners, ailo fitters, boilorJiuvkor, governess, miners, shepherd, rwlsimvn, woodcarvor, boat-bnilder, bricklaycos, a porter, photographer, ptookmaji, contractor, book-keopor, iKiltor, shoo salesman, librarian, rdicomator, irttree, housekeeper, agrienlhi nil into, cannon, a matron, groom , warehouseman, hosier, printer, _ hotel manager, publisher's representative,' a fnnt grower and a nnnibor Of others. Yesterday a tew of the arrivals paid a visit to tho Labour Department, wlrich was ablo to "place" all the applicants hot one. No donlvt dnrmg the neat few dans tEo department will bo able to find bitfeto for meet Who apply, as the demand for labotrr in nearly all trades orirnot bo supplied locally.