IMMIGRANTS ARIVE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15130, 22 October 1912, Page 7

IMMIGRANTS ARIVE.

I $Ü BHEY FBOIT LIVERPOOL. AND DOMESTICS. •W;- steamer Surrey, which Jin Auckland last evening from **Z«\ l has on board several saloon and : '■'■ e ffi'cl«s passengers, who are pro- " &Jf to Sous parts of New Zealand ' Surrey "rived in the stream shortly T o'clock, and from the appearie%le immigrants who lined the °*?jl Seeks they appear to bo of a "j* fvDC Owing to the steamer's late * turd> ; •!„ will not berth until nine arnv aJ i B . '•dock this morning. nut.of the total of 155 passengers jr. , Third-class. 62 are landing at Ancle- ..■■■**/& others being distributed as fob four saloon and J. "class- Lyttelton, 11; Duncdin, 13: Sf Plinth. 11; Bluff, 4; Gisborne, ? Timam, 4; Westport, 1; and Nelson, o Amongst the third-class passengers •-■ *' '• i large number of labourers, several fmLtic servants, miners, carpenters, .™ ers and various other tradesmen, joiners, ««•"■ , J ldle several families have come out to Vi those who have already made a home in this country. On th-? voyage out the Surrey encoun- . tered several heavy gales. A day after 'caving Capetown she- ran into a heavy Jouta-west gale, which raged for three days. • Huge seas broke on board from all directions, flooding the vessel's decks from t'cm'to stern. Fine weather prevailed afterwards for two days, when another berry gslo from the north-west was encountered A high and dangerous sea was running, and the vessel rolled and laboured heavily, which made things anything but pleasant for those on board. The gale jubsided on September 26, and fine weather generally was met with for the remainder of the passage.