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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144051, 22 March 1913, Page 4

An immigrant named Whitworth, who was coming out-to Lyttelton-from Liverpool by the steamer Essex, together with his wife and two children, was’disappointed on tho vessel’s arrival ut Sydney when ho was informed that the authorities would not grant him permission to land, as he wa.s .suffering from tuberculosis. His plight was a sad one, and, to show their sympathy, the rest of the passengers took up a collection, as a result of .which £ll was handed over to the family. The man had been in the employ of one firm at Sheffield for over 20 years, and on being communicated with the manager of tho firm’s Australian branch entered into a bond of £6OO that the family would not become a burden on the country, if allowed to land,'as the man was in such r, serious condition that lie was not fit to finish the voyage to New Zealand. This was agreed to by the authorities, and Whitworth was sent to a Sydney hospital.