DISAPPOINTED IMMIGRANTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7023, 11 January 1910, Page 5

DISAPPOINTED IMMIGRANTS

LEFT PENNILESS ,0N STREETS OF SYDNEY. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyricbu' SYDNEY, January 10. '-. .; The oases of seventeen. recently-i arrived Anglo-Indian immigrants - axo attracting much. puHic attention. ' They oomplain that they- were induced to leave India by rosy promises' of certain work ait high, wages, and otlhor good -things, made by tlio agouti of the Sydney Immigration League in ' India. .' ■' J • Some of the immigrants throw upi good employment and sold -their pro-' perty. Others brought their wives' and families, on iSkts strength, of an! understanding -that they were to ceive a bonus of £6 for tho wife .cud; £3 for each child, only to find on arrival that their hopes wero pointed. Tlio Government declines to tako any responsibility in tiho matter, i Meantime several of the new nrc««' vals, failing to find work or to obtain tile alleged promised refund of passago money, are penniless. LEAGUE'S EXPLANATIONS. BLAME PLACED ON THE INDIAN AGENT. (Received January 10, 10.40 pjn.) SYDNEY, January 10. Tlio Immigration, League's reply to adverse criticism regarding tho stranded party is that the league's Indian agent, through, lack of accurate information, . unintentionally misled - some of tho earlier batches of imm.igxsm.te with regard to refunds, but duo warnings had been published in the Indian press as to conditions in Australia and the proper typo of immigrants required. The coal strike had upset ill! calculations, and a cable message was sent to tho Indian agent on December Ist to stop sending any more parties.