A WARNING

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 23, 19 August 1932, Page 8

A WARNING

i MO EMPLOYMENT IN ENGLAND i ! OPTIMISM THAT LEADS TO TRAGEDY j LONDON, July S. —Shipping com. ! panics trading will New Zealand are lin (he position to carry a larger homeward crew than, thai necessary lon the outward voyage. It is possible, j therefore, for adventurous young men t.i ■ work their passages to England, I but I hey are required to sign an undertaking that they will not call upon {the shipping company to repatriate j t belli. A number of men have thus workI ((1 their passages in the hope of oh. I taining employment in England. Some of tlu-m arrive with money enough ! to keep them only for a few weeks, i but with great confidence in their ! powers of persuading employers to | accept their services. They find no i work and their money rapidly disap- ! pears. More often than not they look jto the High Commissioner':; Office to help them in their difficulty. They jean only be told that there is no | work to be found. In the end, they 'are forced f.o ask for financial aid i i'rem generous New Zealanders, who hold positions in London. What be. I comes of some of them eventually I it is difficult to say. One man with !' professional experience has been j driven lately to apply for a position j in liussia. Even if he gets it his pay will probably be useless outside Rus. . Lsia, and his ability to get out of the i country again is a matter of uncer. j taint y. Thu Salvation Army often comes to the aid of the High Commissioner's Office, and provides men with j beds for a night or two. There have I been cases win re men drift info j dime. I 'tiie High Commissioner semis a : n quest from Geneva that publicity should be given to deter young men | working their way Home- in the ex. I pectation of finding work in England "Today, again," Sir Thomas WjilI ford writes, "J have received a letter i while at Geneva telling me thai a young man who lias worked his way Home and who has enough money to I keep himself for six weeks, requires j employment.. Even if I was back in i England 1 could not find it. for him, | and while here, of course, one can | only ask all the office staff in touch | with employers to do their best foi I him. You can see the sad risk the young man is taking-, but, unfortunately, he cannot see it. Will you I help me as far as lies in your power I to put an end to this foolishness, for j it may end in tragedy?" A word of warning should also be given to young men who come Home to obtain short service commissions in the Royal Air Force. If I appears that, not every man makes line finest enquiries before leaving J New Zealand. A case in point i s that ] of a New Zealander who lias actually arrived here wjvthjout knowing that | the age limit tor obtaining these commissions is 22. Last year it was • 25. The applicant, who is 24 years oi j age, may have an opportunity of get. I Ung into another branch of the Serj vice, but he would have; saved him. yelf a great deal of disappointment I it he had made more exhaustive cni quiiies before he left New Zealand, | tor the new regulations were avail. able in the Dominion before he left. [ Others are over.optimistic and \hink their appointments will go through in a very short, time. They sometimes find they have months to, wait, and their finances are strained