DESIRABLE IMMIGRANTS.
The White Star liner lonic brought 66 second-class passengers and 20-3 third class. Amongst the former were nineteen assisted immigrants, and amongst the latter were ninety. They included'miners-, carpenters, masons, farmers, etc. As usual, the mechanics and tradesmen, came ooit because of unfavorable condition® at Home. “Tirade is bad,” remarked one of the immigrants, “and work of a permanent description is not easy to obtain. Then, again, wages are low.” The lonic brought several families with a fair amount -of money, who intend to settle: on the land. The immigrant® as a whole are of a -desirable class. There are, by the way, some domestic servants amongst the women.
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Te Aroha News, Volume XXVI, Issue 43065, 5 March 1907, Page 4
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111DESIRABLE IMMIGRANTS. Te Aroha News, Volume XXVI, Issue 43065, 5 March 1907, Page 4
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