IMMIGRANTS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13672, 10 April 1908, Page 2

IMMIGRANTS.

.' WELLINGTON, April 9. One hundred and seventy-nine immif rants arrived from England by the bngariro to-day. Their combined weifiih totals about 1 £2000, the maaori^y possessing from £25 to £100. One, who classes himself as a farm labourer, has £700. 'Most" of them will endeavour to earn their living on the land, but there are some artisans and a.fefw domestic servants.,. Thirty-four were nominated by friends, 50 assisted, and 95 paid their own passages. Of the total number 69 booked to Wellington, 30 to Auckland, and 23 to Lyttelton.