ARRIVAL OF IMMIGRANTS.
PAKEHA AT WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON, January 16. Tlie I’akelia, from London and Southampton, via Panama, arrived here at 5 a.m. and berthed at 2.45 p.m. to disembark 854 immigrants. A fine voyage was experienced all the way. The vessel left London on December 7, and picked up her passengers aft Southampton. On December 9 she sailed direct for Panama. Christmas was spent aft Colon, where the passengers went ashore for the day. The vessel then sailed direeft for Wellington. . The Christmas and New Year festivities were kept up, and all aboard enjoyed themselves. The vessel brought 854 passengers—s9o for the North Island and the remainder for the South Island. With the exception of a boy aged 15, who died at sea from blood poisoning, the health on board was good, there being no siek« ness.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3488, 18 January 1921, Page 37
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