STILL MORE IMMIGRANTS.
SUBSTANTIAL CAPITAL.
ARRIVAL OF THE lONIC
[BY TELEGRAPH. —rRESS ASSOCIATION.]
Wellington - , Tuesday. The White Star liner lonic arrived from London today with nearly 700 passengers on board, of whom 549 were in the thiul class. Of the third-class passengers, 395 were- assisted immigrants, and 100 of the total passengers were children.
According to declarations made to the High Commissioner the immigrants come amply provided, the capital of one of them being £2000, while another declares himself to be the possessor of an income of £800 a vcar.
The occupations are described as follows:— Farmers, 78; farm labourers, 25; domestic servants. 54. There arc also dairymen, gardeners, fruitgrowers, ami housekeeper.
Twenty-five husbands already in the Dominion will be rejoined by their wives, who have come out in the lonic.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 13969, 27 January 1909, Page 7
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