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Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1722, 10 July 1874, Page 2

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Nearly 5000 labourers left England for New Zealand alone during the month of o P?S ? any ? t hese hare gdne from Oxfordshire and the adjoining counties and the present month will see an exodus of another 5000 or more; some ships haviW Sl"o^!edandotheMbein^^^ Mr.and Mrs. Farmer.of Auckland,(were presented at the last Drawing-roomX former by the Secretary of State for the CaveShl C lattef bj Lad^ E^ard in the European MaU gives the following anecdote!Some interesting details are told of a certain emigrant, ship, bound to, New Zealand, which was detained the other day by bad weather at the Tail of the *? 4. Ti? T? were oTer 60° on board, and notwithstanding the regulations which exist with regard to the division of the sexes, it appears that though Lore may be blind, he found a way to elude the vigilance.of the constituted authorities on board, and shot his shafts wholesale. Oupid is by no means a bad marksman, Mwlhaveiton the best authority that such good use did he make of his time that the Sheriff m Gre»nock was called upon to marry several couples, who wer« permitted to come ashore for that purpose. Nor is this all; for the services of soma professional people were required from the shore during the detention of the res* sel, and when they returned it was found that the complement 1 of passengers had been increased by the addition of lereral souls that were not enumerated in the passenger list. All this was very pleasant and helped to wile away the tune, but congratulations and merriment were changed wh«n some dozen or so of deserted wives and forsaken maidens, with dishevelled hair streaming/in the wind camerushing for'ard in search of.cruel husßsnds and faithless swains. They had hoped to have escaped "scot free,&~but the war of the elements was against them, and m several instances arrangements had to be come to before the faithless ones were allowed to proceed. Everything being settled to the satisfaction of all concerned, good humour again reigned triumphant, and the weather moderating, the ship—a splendid specimen, of naval architecture—proceeded on her voyage with every prospect of making a raind and satisfactory run."