NEW ARRIVALS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 344, 3 May 1928, Page 12

NEW ARRIVALS

HORORATA’S PASSENGER PERFECT TRIP FRO* ENGLAND With 187 third saloon n- ' and a large cargo of basic slag, Z Hororata (New Zealand Shipping i'any) arrived from Antwerp - Southampton, early this The weather was almost perfect the whole voyage, which seetns to w been a very happy one, with dijvJ three times a week, and concerts sports meetings. Among the passengers are 25 school boys, who have come out uS? the Church of England mnugrSt scheme. Only one of them wui »*** the South Island. Mr. C. W. Locke, a ship's . ague-, who hopes to obtain a shore easi? ment in New Zealand, was :n cSIl' of the boys for the voyage. -Mra L~*‘ ! is a resident of Devonport, and iTT* turning to the Dominion after an 2" sence of three and a-half years. **" The boys, whose a£es range iron n i to IS, are a fine heal thy-; 'okinjg L, i all keen for farm life in New ZealaJ* They were met by members ofe Church of England Immigration CmT mittee, of which Mr. A_ I). .Stanley secretary, and given the necessary i? strucUons as to where they are to e Several of the English public are represented, including Dulwto Victoria College. Jersey. Eltham <v? lege, Kent; Christ's Hospital, Londo.' Wellington School. Somerset: jwT Close School. Cheltenham; and C'm?' College. Bristol. Included among the passengers s Miss Maria Holneck, a Herman am from Dresden. She will go to her t»T ther, who is a farmer in the Bay << Islands. Miss Holneck is an illlustn. tor. and draws for children's pages, m she does not expect to do much in Zealand, as she proposes to help\brother on his farm. Only 138 of the passengers are a, sisted immigrants. Excluding a Church of England boys, the new am' vals will be distributed through y Zealand as follows:

The Hororata loaded at Antwer* with basic slag, leaving there on March -4, and a call was made at Southam» ton to take on passengers. A day was spent at Colon, where everyone w«jt ashore, and a call was also made at Pitcairn Island. On April 17, after leaving Colon, tbe Hororata passed the new Richards** vessel, Pukeko, which is bound f<* Napier.

M. w. c. Auckland . . Xapier New Plymouth 2 0 Wanganui .. .. A\ ellington .. .. . 23 ilreymouth .. .. Lyttelton .. .. Dunedin .. .. Bluff 0 1