TONGARIRO IMMIGRANTS.
WELLINGTON, July 21.
Two hundred and fifteen passengers are clue to reach New Zealand about the middle of next week by the Tongariro. Of these 181 are travelling third-class. The number of assisted immigrants on board is 74, of whom 25 are children, 30 are women, and only 19 are men. The assisted people include 37 who are nominated in New Zealand. Of these seven are men who have work awaiting them, 12 are women, and 18 are children. Among the women 18 are described as domestics and five as wives travelling out to rejoin their husbands. The men include eight farmers, seven farm laborers, and a shepherd. One farmer brings £900 with him, another £400, and another £300.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LVI, Issue LVI, 21 July 1909, Page 5
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121TONGARIRO IMMIGRANTS. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LVI, Issue LVI, 21 July 1909, Page 5
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