EMIGRATION FROM THE OLD COUNTRY TO TUE COLONY

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1738, 17 December 1887, Page 3

EMIGRATION FROM THE OLD COUNTRY TO TUE COLONY

B The following letter appears m a rrc9nt • ißßUeofthe "Pall Mall Gazatte 11 :-Sir, a — When I wes recently m ihe town of 3 Ohristohurch, tho capital of tLu Province r of Canterbury, m the Sooth Island of • New Zealand, I saw good sheep sold In , the maikot at half -a crown apiece, and 3 bullocks knocked down 1o tho butchers - at £5 eaoh; and on meooting the Roy H. 0. M.Watson, viorof St John's parish, m the saino town, ho told me that he had litely returned from his first visit to "Eng--1 land, and that what had astonished him more than anything olgq waa tho poverty of the pooplo ; aud added hp, •if they, come out here, at nuy rate wo can givo 1 them cheap food.' Then on going up 1 country to spond a jew weeks with Mr 1 J- R. Gorton, of View-bill station, near 1 Woat Oxford, he told me that he p.ild j 1 his cook aud houfemald each £40 a year ' and his ploaghmun £1 a week aad his board and lodging ; while I aaw him soU all tho best mutton ho had at a Id a lb to any ono who liked to come and bay it, Surely this is the only true way to help the unemployed and the only safety valve for the British nation — namely to help them into these countries whore there is a chance of their being able to help thornsolves. — I am, etc, S. Ernest Terry,"