IMMIGRANTS ARRIVE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17180, 25 October 1923, Page 8

IMMIGRANTS ARRIVE.

+ lONIC’S CONTINGENT. M ith a broad smile, ami his eyes i sparkling with excitement, a i.Tioht! little lad. carrying a lady's hat bar., hurried down the gangway of the I " bite Star liner tonin 'this morning. I to have the honour ot being the first ot j tile latest contingent ot immigrant la 1 land in their new home province. tie wax iollowed by eighty-five others all remarkably well dressed. ihe immigrants were a fine looking lor and lime a happy family. .Ml were Jhiti.sh and many were from Scotland. A total ‘•I 510 migrated by the. lonic troni England, twenty-eight first class, ninety second class, and 392 third ‘•l»ss. The South Island male eontingent included miners for the West Const and labourers, while the major""om.en were domestic servants. | he lonic’s purser. Mr K. TV. ], an . j caster, fold a reporter that the pasj sei, ge™ had had a most enjoyable trip j }U<J were extremely pleased at the service of the officers and the attention given to them. An appreciation of the sup s service was expressed hv the fluid class passengers, who forwarded Mr Lancaster a letter. Social amenities had been provided and the first and third class passengers and the children in the steerage held fancy dress dances. No passenger died during the trip, hut a- woman fiom the Shetland Islands suffered from sea-sickness throughout and was removed in a stretcher from the liner this morning. Only fire days of rough weather were experienced during the trip and that was at the commencement of the voyage. On the run through the Carribenvt Sea and the (.'anal zone the , weather was exceedingly hot. and n was not till Pitcairn Island was reached that the weather became cooler. The vessel did not stop at Pitcairn, which was passed at 3.30 a.m. on October 13. When three days out from Wellington a gale was run into lor thirty-six hours, but the following day there wp.s a complete (aim.