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NOT SO BAS AFTER ALL

(Taranaki HerahL) There are tii.c y who t: nhdar the colony in a wost pose i n than in forme years. I: ia not so ; for although w« iUV6 to pay taxes, wo are at the : a<ue lime able to purchase go ds st a far 'era price than we ware too or t renty years, or even fifty years ago. Broad is sold to the man who earns (m a day at half the price formerly pa.d by bis t who f r more skilled wrk was paid 2s G 1 betmtea is aoid at 2s a lb than could bo £■ t at the beginning of the csotury at B'lmc at the cost of 7s per lb. Cuff-m was 2s 6 per lb, and is nor only Is 6J The daily newspaper la now to be had for a sixth of the price that nssd to paid. Clothing is not half the price it was, and even ornaments are made more accessible to every purse. A man in the colonies is f ar moreindependent than his brother at Home Once let a m-m possess a piece of land, his cow, Lis pigs, or his horbe and cart, and ha osn make a Jiving for himself and family, and, if ha ia not in too grant a hurry, can save money. We are noi really so badly off as it iu imagined, for it only requires steady persverance, energy, and industry to sucoen and reap success.

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG18861222.2.22

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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1438, 22 December 1886, Page 3

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251

NOT SO BAS AFTER ALL Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1438, 22 December 1886, Page 3

NOT SO BAS AFTER ALL Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1438, 22 December 1886, Page 3

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