BROGDEX'ri LABOURERS IX NEW ZEALAXD.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 122, 15 February 1873, Page 2

BROGDEX'ri LABOURERS IX NEW ZEALAXD.

We have received a copy of the Manchester Courier, whieli contains a judiciously selected assortment ot extract* from letters from home of the immigrants imported by the Messi* Brogden. "We make a few quotations :—: — " Picton, July 21, 1872 — We had a rery good voj age. There was no sirkness on board. . . Beef is 2}d per lb ; mutton lid per lb. I am getting as fat as a pig. This isnot like old stnrvey pork (sic) home, but good living, plenty good beef and mutton, potatoes and flour as clieap a1)a 1 ) at home. , . My dear Man, do uot be frightened about thA sea, it i<s better than riding in <> railway tram. You and th™ children will be rigged out with what 'you need. I hope we shall meet, and all our children by Christmas Butter, m summer 13 4d r>r od a pound. The goldfiekls are 13 miles from here, but this is sure and easy woik, — «ix shillings a day, no lost time, and our passage paid to wheie cier we are sent. . . We landed without one penny n> our pockets, but, thank God, wo had a place to go to, and the best of everything to cat. Tea is cheap hero ; 1m cr 1- 1-* a quart." Another: "Picton, July 29, 1872.— Bear wile and children. ... I am feeling double the man Iv. a>w hen I left England. Wo had a splendid voyage out. We * had two or throe gnles of wind but they were 111 our fat our. We arrived at Wellington, New Zealand, on the 9th of Juh . and stayed there four days, and then went to Picton, h'ft} miles by steamer. We got to Picton about nine o'clock ou-, Siiturlay evening, and was Avelcome received there I a\% assure ~ou this is the place for living. ... I wi^h I hud Walter hero, ho would earn 23s a week, . . . Poopie here aro all alike ; there is no pride whatever If jou think of coming out, do it at once and come. Go to Mr' — , he will give yon all particulars. Dear wife, this is just the place for families like ouis. If you are coming, get a good outfit. If it costs £30 what odds? There is plenty of money here. . . If you come send word. If jou do not come I shall, if it please (rod to spare me, come home in Iw o o • three years, and have some money in my pockets. I knew ieniftle servants can get any amount of money here (}n<! my love to Miss , and tell her that if she was here she would get two or three pounds a week as a bnimaid" Another: " Picton, Aug. 1, 1872. — My dear wife, — I send you these few lines hoping this will find you and my dc» children well, as thank God, it leaves me. My clear, ' I wiff \ery much put out when they told me that you had only — por week, as I said 10s. lam afraidtliat my children have not gune short of food when I have plenty to spare. I want jou with me and the children. We are getting Gs a davfoinine hours. Every man gets the same, but we that hate been on the roads before are going to get something rnoie, but I cannot as yet say what; but I can say this, thnt u man is an enemy to himself to stay at home to woik, if hecm get it, for such wages ns he must take. Out here Jack is as good as his master. . . lam going to ask you once more to come out, not for my sake, but for the dear children's Hikes. I know it i* a trial for yon, but England, except lor you and friends, is nothing to me."