THE WAIMANA

Southland Times, Issue 19823, 20 March 1926, Page 5

THE WAIMANA

ARRIVAL AT AUCKLAND. LARGE NUMBER OF AN EVENTFUL TRIP. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, Mar. 18. An uncommonly fine lot of new New Zealanders landed at Auckland this morning from the Shaw, Savill steamer, Walin an a, which was specially fitted up for the trip. She brought the largest batch this year, a total of 798, of whom no less than 201 were children. There were 54 farm workers in the quota. The men numbered 361 and the women 236. Auckland takes 231 of the total, Wellington 166 and the others are fairly evently distributed throughout the Dominion. It seldom happens that a voyage nowadays is marked by so many unusual happenings as that which has just been completed by the Waimana, which brought nearly 800 immigrants to Auckland. Two members of the victualling department died and were buried at sea. The first was A. E. Edwards, aged about 34, assistant cook, who died from pneumonia on February 26, on the 22nd day out from Southampton. There were two surgeons on board and everything possible was done for the unfortunate man. Five days ago there was another death, and oddly enough, it was who was the greatest chum of Edwards, and had made many voyages in his company. This was the assistant butcher, W. Corbett, a man of about 50 years of age. Edwards was an Englishman, but it is thought that Corbett, who is a New Zealander, came from Te Puke. Edwards and Corbett left New Zealand together with one of the volunteer crews that manned the ships during the brief strike in New Zealand. Both bodies were buried at sea, the service being read by a passenger,