IMMIGRANTS ARRIVE.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 March 1921, Page 8

IMMIGRANTS ARRIVE.

A SMALL BATCH. OVER 1200 MORE ON THE WATER. The passengers who landed from the Conntluc, which berthed at Wellington on Tuesday from London, included a small batch of assisted immigrants, comprising sixteen nominated passengers, nine farm laborers and eighty overseas settlement passengers—ex-soldiers and their families. A number of immigrants also came out on their own account'the vessel’s full complement being 256, made up as follows: 42 first saloon, 197 second saloon, and 137 steerage. Over 1200 immigrants will reach these shores during the next three weeks. The Waimana, which is due at Wellington on March 30, has fully 900 prospective settlers aboard, all ex-imperial soldiers and their families, while another 305 immigrants are making the voyage from the Old Country, per the steamer Shropshire, which is expected in these waters in the first week in April. The Waimana and the Shropshire are bringing a number of tradesmen, mechanics and skilled workmen in various branches of industry. There are blacksmiths, bootmakers, carpenters and joiners, coachbuilders, motor mechanics, saddlers, plumbers, fitters and turners, stonemasons, etc., among the number, and various shop assistants and agricultural workers. Employers who desire to engage labor are advised to communicate with the Under-Secretary for the Department of Immigration without delay, giving the full details of the nature of the employment offered.