IMMIGRANTS FOR NEW ZEALAND

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3198, 20 April 1911, Page 2

IMMIGRANTS FOR NEW ZEALAND

THE TAINUI’S PASSENGERS. [I>BR PRESS ASSOCIATION.J WELLINGTON, April 19. Altogether 239 people were brought to New Zealand by ’the Tainui, which' arrived .at Wellington yesterday. Or this number, 212 came out in the steerage, only 27 travelling in the saloon. The third-class passengers included 66 assisted immigrants, 44 adults and 22 children. Nearly all the adultts are women. 28 being described, as domestics, and 10 as wives coming out to join their husbands. No farming people were assisted to come out. The men were mainly farmers and agricultural laborers, but there wore also a considerable number of colliers. Most of the latter intend to seek work in coalmining districts, but a few of them, especially middle-aged men, hope to be able to take any work at which they can see a reasonable prospect of making a decent living. A very largo number of passengers left the vessel at. Hobart, their destinations being in various parts of New South Wales and Queensland Sousa’s band, about 70 strong, travelled to the Cape by the Tainui. and considerably enlivened that portion of the voyage. While the Tainui was between Teneriffe and Capetown, a third-class passenger named William Taylor was discovered to be missing. He was never seen again, and it is presumed that he either jumped or fell overboard. Taylor was of English parentage, and was -9 years of age. Ho was described as a bricklayer in the passenger list. A big shipment of apples for transhipment by the Arawa for South America was brought by the Tainui. The shipment represents about 12,000 bushels m cases.