IMMIGRANTS BY RIMUTAKA

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 54, 1 September 1926, Page 11

IMMIGRANTS BY RIMUTAKA

A batch of 333 immigrants arrived by the Bimutaka from Southampton this morning. They are booked for the various ports of the Dominion as follow, the figures for men being given first, •then those for women and children:— Auckland,. .36, 26, 23—85; Gisborno, 1, 2, o—3; Napier, 6, 3, o—9; New Plymouth, 9, "5, 1—15; Wanganui, 0, 2, 0— 2; Wellington, 95, 19, 12—126; Nelson, 1,1, o—2; Greymouth, 3, 1, 3—7; Westport, 5, 2, 2—9; Lyttelton, 20, 13, 14 —47; Oamaru, 1, 0, 0—1; Port Chalmers, 9, 6, 8—23; Bluff, 1, 1, 2—4. The totals are: Men, 187; women, 81; children, 65; aggregate, 333 Included in the above are 17 public school boys. .

During August 102 people died in Christchurch, . this total having been exceeded only four times previously in the city's history. Tho number of births was 235 and marriages 90. Messrs. Harcourt and Co. sell by auction, at their rooms, on Tuesday, 7th instant, at 2.30 p.m., an eight-roomed residence, No. 14, Gordon street; also 3 vacant building sites adjoining; and on the same date the accommodation house at Island Bay, known, as "Ctiff House." On Tuesday, 14th. instant, they will offer an* eighfjt'oomed residence and doublefronted shop, No. 219, Onepu road, and on Tuesday, 21st September, a nineroomed residence, No. 24, Bolton street, a five-roomed dwelling, No. 26, Bolton street, a six-roomed bungalow, in Nikau street, Muritai, and a vacant section at the corner of the Main road, Murttai,.and