IMMIGRANTS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 133, 12 June 1909, Page 5

IMMIGRANTS.

ARRIVALS BY THE WAKANUI,

Comparatively few immigrants came by the mail * steamr Wakanui from London to-day ; but, according to Mr. Danby, Immigration Officer, there will be a heavy draft arriving by the White Star liner on Monday next. Mr. Danby, who met the immigrants on the Wakanui, described them as a most satisfactory class. Of the nominated and assisted passengers there were fortyfive, including ten children. Those who were assisted out by the High Commissioner numbered eighteen. They were made up of seven domestic servants, two farmers, five farm labourers, one wife joining her husband, and three children. These brought between them declared capital of £1790. "The remaining and nominated passengers were made up of three farmers , eleven domestic servants, seven farm labourers, and four wives who are joining husbands already settled here. Miss Bremner, of the Women's Labour Bureau, boarded the vessel in the stream. She had a fruitless quest for domestic help, which is still much in demand in Wellington. The passengers of this class by the Wakanui were not at present looking for engagements. Mr. Proctor, of the Labour Department, also interviewed third class passengers and gave them information of labour prospects.