INFLUX OF WORKERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13874, 7 October 1908, Page 7

INFLUX OF WORKERS.

■' - • —«♦>■■■■■ •'•'.>. ■: ' ATHENIC'S PASSENGERS. j LARGE NUMBER FOR AUCKLAND. ' '. [BT TELEGRAPH. PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ' .' Wellington, Tuesday., ' THE White Star liner Athenic arrived in ''port irom London last night, and was granted pratique tlxis morning. She 'brought 688 passengers" for New Zea- • |; ! ' land, and the 'great majority of them (597) travelled in the third class, and may be ...'.■.'described as workers. They came from all parts of the United Kingdom. hi In appearance the immigrants appeared ! to bo well-to-do working people. There were no less than 78 families, the children in each family numbering from one to nine. fours and fives being comparatively com- | ~ .. . won. " ■. •■ •„ The passengers assisted by the Government numbered 237 adults and 88 children, and 18 only of the .adults travelled second • class, the rest coming third. The capital ! I' . »■ declared by the assisted passengers to the S Hiffb Commissioner, who has to be satis- >. fied that the money is tangible, even if he j- does not actually remit it to be drawn on arrival, amounted to £8674, but there ; ■■'k/' were 89 nominated passengers, who are not i required to declare anything, so that the ; gum.mentioned is owned by 148 passengers. I • The destinations of the passengers arc i principally Wellington (23 second class and ! T 199 third class), Auckland (seven second I l>l > and 15.7 third), and Lyttelton (12 second and (A third). There are a good many wives and families who have come out to . • husbands and fathers, who have already made a home here. There were 28 young womep on board the Athenic. Of these six were for Wei- , . . lington, nine for Auckland. .