ARRIVAL FROM ENGLAND.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15274, 23 July 1920, Page 3

ARRIVAL FROM ENGLAND.

Twenty-eight passengers, who reached Wellington a few days ago by the Mahana from England, arrived at Gisborne tliis morning per the Arahura, and generally appeared quite a healthy and desirable class. In conversation with one of the new arrivals shortly after he landed, a Herald reporter was informed that while some of the passengers were "free immigrants" who came out on tho chance of securing employment immediately, most of them • were: recommended: by* the> Otferjseas • Committee at. Home, and had received assist-; . ed\ pa,ssages>.ftom 'the' ...Govemnjent. ;; The; ;'- percentage ;iof , the yGisjpbrne *jdraf by "were** single' " youii'tf-'nien, •> so'ine-vpf-' 'wbom.l were returned soldiers; and there we're five single girls, and throe wives and families of one, two, and four respectively. Some of the party which nr- ' rived this morning had positions waiting ( for them, and three left the wharf direct j for. the country, to their employers. The others comprised a number of trades- ] men, and some of these also had posi- j tions awaiting them. The Mayor (Mr G. | Wildish) was present on the wharf, as i well as several hundred Gisborne people who lined the bank and wharf to see the "new arrivals." No cases were . noticed where any of the immigrants were m indigent circumstances. A number (about 1 12) broke the journey at Napier, and are expected to arrive here to-morrow.