THE TURAKINA'S "ASSISTEDS"
- 1 MORE NEW-COMERS.' !" A fine crowd-of people" were the words' of the Turakina's surgeon when asked his opinion of the 102 assisted immigrants who arrived by the Turakma- yesterdaj. "I have /been bvelve voyages, cut .to Isew Zealand now, and I think I C^'. sa /$Y '<iav that this contingent is the-best,that I have had charge of. . His statements were corroborated, by Mr. H. Booni;steward in charge. • ■ ' , From - information supplied bj Air. Danby, Immigration Officer, it appears that, of the 102 "assisteds, .16 are adults and 26 children. The number nominated by relatives in New Zealand was 38, of which 23 were adults and ,15 children. Those approved by the. High Commissioner in London numbered 64 comprising 53 adults and 11 children. - 'The occupations'are various. There are 1G; farmers, 20 domestics,- 16 farm labourers. 1 ploughman, and's .wives looming, their husbands. The . capital. .brought,- to.. ..the i Dominion ranged'from .to each.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1022, 11 January 1911, Page 5
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154THE TURAKINA'S "ASSISTEDS" Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1022, 11 January 1911, Page 5
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