Hello, I had no idea a ship could be turned away regardless of why. Surely if you had booked to arrive in Nelson they should have arrived in Nelson. The authorities in England etc should have been notified if certain workers weren’t required at that time. Cheers Gwyneth Moss Vale, NSW > On 9 Jan 2017, at 3:19 PM, Ray Rob <[email protected]> wrote: > > Marlene , perhaps the Nelsonians also didn't like the look of these > passengers : > Cheers, > Ray > > the Fernglen <http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/name-419371.html> on > January 2, 1879, arrived at Nelson with 225 emigrants, and landed only a > few. Two days later she sailed for Wellington, arriving there on the 5th. > The Wellington "Times," reporting her arrival, stated: "The ship called at > Nelson, but as there was no demand for immigrants she came on to > Wellington." > > On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 4:33 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Greetings all, >> I have just read a newpaper report in the Evening Post, dated 10 January >> 1879 re the immigrants who arrived aboard the Fernglen. >> The article starts with, “It appears to us,” and then goes on to be very >> offensive re the people aboard the Fernglen. >> I.E. ...,but many of the passengers, both male and female, are stunted in >> figure and weak in physique, and not over-cleanly in their personal >> appearance. Some even had a look of squalor, while in general they >> presented stolidity of appearance and a singular lack of intelligence in >> their faces, as if they had come from the most ignorant and half-starved >> quarters of the United Kingdom. We do not want the dregs ...” and so it >> goes on. >> The article is not signed and I wonder who the “us” could be? >> My son-in-law had family aboard this ship so I feel obligated to try to >> find out more about the article. >> I have never come across anything quite like this before so any advice >> would be most gratefully received. >> >> Marlene >> >> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> >> The List Guidelines >> >> http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I had read somewhere that 'the authorities' then tried to send some of the immigrants to Wanganui which was deemed to be suitable 'for that class of person ' Ray On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 6:07 PM, Gwyneth Watson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I had no idea a ship could be turned away regardless of why. Surely if > you had booked to arrive in Nelson they should have arrived in Nelson. The > authorities in England etc should have been notified if certain workers > weren’t required at that time. > > Cheers Gwyneth > Moss Vale, NSW > > > > On 9 Jan 2017, at 3:19 PM, Ray Rob <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Marlene , perhaps the Nelsonians also didn't like the look of these > > passengers : > > Cheers, > > Ray > > > > the Fernglen <http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/name-419371.html> > on > > January 2, 1879, arrived at Nelson with 225 emigrants, and landed only a > > few. Two days later she sailed for Wellington, arriving there on the 5th. > > The Wellington "Times," reporting her arrival, stated: "The ship called > at > > Nelson, but as there was no demand for immigrants she came on to > > Wellington." > > > > On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 4:33 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Greetings all, > >> I have just read a newpaper report in the Evening Post, dated 10 January > >> 1879 re the immigrants who arrived aboard the Fernglen. > >> The article starts with, “It appears to us,” and then goes on to be very > >> offensive re the people aboard the Fernglen. > >> I.E. ...,but many of the passengers, both male and female, are stunted > in > >> figure and weak in physique, and not over-cleanly in their personal > >> appearance. Some even had a look of squalor, while in general they > >> presented stolidity of appearance and a singular lack of intelligence in > >> their faces, as if they had come from the most ignorant and half-starved > >> quarters of the United Kingdom. We do not want the dregs ...” and so it > >> goes on. > >> The article is not signed and I wonder who the “us” could be? > >> My son-in-law had family aboard this ship so I feel obligated to try to > >> find out more about the article. > >> I have never come across anything quite like this before so any advice > >> would be most gratefully received. > >> > >> Marlene > >> > >> > >> > >> --- > >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus > >> > >> > >> The List Guidelines > >> > >> http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > The List Guidelines > > > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >