THE IONIC IMMIGRANTS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 221, 30 December 1910, Page 5

THE IONIC IMMIGRANTS

A VIGOROUS LOT. By Telegraph.—Presa Association. Wellington, Last Night. "They are all healthy-looking and vigorous," said Mr. A. S. Danby, immigration officer, concerning the large batch of new arrivals by the lonic from London to-day. Young people of both sexes comprised a considerable propor-i tion of the newcomers. The whole num- ( ber of passengers brought by the vessel, was 583, of whom 23 were in the first-] class, 90 in the second, and 470 in the' third. Assisted immigrants numbered 148 (118 adults and 29 children under 12). There were 45 adults and 24 children nominated by relatives in New Zealand, while 74 adults and five children were approved by the High Commissioner. These latter bring capital aggregating £3585. "Assisted" passengers included 10 farmers, 16 farm laborers, 38 domestics, 8 cooks, 3 dairymaids, a shepherd, and 19 wives coming to New Zealand to rejoin their husbands. The steamer's third-class passengers also comprised a large number of miners who paid their own passage money to the Dominion, as well as some carpentets, fitters, and other mechanical tradesmen.