THE TONGARIRQ'S PASSENGERS NEW ARRIVALS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 139, 9 December 1911, Page 7

THE TONGARIRQ'S PASSENGERS NEW ARRIVALS.

The New Zealand Shipping Cornparry's liner Tongariro, from London to-day, was an immigrant ship in th© strictest sens© of the word. All her pabseugers wr© in* on© class — 4i>e third There were no class distinctions among them, 'they wer© beri/hed for© aod aft and amidships. There war© 368 passengers, and of these 357 were assisted oat by thoHign Commissioner. Among these wore 105 doni«s&e scrv&afcs, a ploughman, seven farmers,, and 59 fs«rm labourers, also 29 wives (with famiiies in some instances) rejoining their hatbands, who have come out in advance to get the nest ready. The capital declared by the passengers .varies from £10 to £200, except in th© case oi the domestic servants, whose capital must be a mimronm of £2. Tho 3«sisted passages cost from £8 to £12 for men and £2 16s to £6 16s (accord-, ing to cabin accommodation) for the domestic servants. Th© assisted passengers ar© for the following ports : — Wellington 96, Auckland 92, Lyttelton 62, Napier 23, Greyluauth 16, Bluff 14, Westport 13, Timaru 0, Gisbame 8, New Plymouth 8, Picton 4, Neiaon 1. All passengers for Oamaru, Timaru, Dunedin, and Bluff proceed thither in the Tongariro. The girls cameTmE in charge of Miss Dale (who has made previous trips as matron) and Miss M. A. Cooke. A large number of the. domestic servant* have been engaged by a Napier eyjidicate through the British Womena' Emigration Society. The syndicate pays the passages out, guarantees places for tii© giils, and subscribes to the. Emigration Society. There were 105 domestic servants on board altogether, but all ■wer© engaged at Home to go to places in. Naw Zealand. Families of eighA, nine, and even eleven are not uncommon among the Tongariro's emigrante — fairly plentiful olivfe branches, to feed and pax>vid© for, and to look after, on the voyage and in th© new -land to which they have come. Thffl'e were nearly one hundred children, under twelve on board. There was no sickness and no accidents. The weather w.as reasonably good for the route and the time of year, and Mr. W. T. Janes, the steward-in-charge, had th© satisfaction of knowing that the passengerslanded, in good condition. From th© men passengers ifc was learned that the prime motive for coming to New Zealand was too many men for the one job at home. Some of them remarked that if competition were too keen in New Zealand they would try Australia, before coming to the end of their resources.