NO PLACE LIKE NEW ZEALAND.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1878, 27 June 1888, Page 3

NO PLACE LIKE NEW ZEALAND.

♦ ■ ■ Mr M'Laughlln, a farmer m the north of Auckland, has juat retarnad from n : visit to SouVh Amoric», whoro ho has spent a year In trareliiug with tho expn-ss objoot of taking up land and settling down. He baa dooldod that, taken altogether, there la no place like New Zealand, tie did not go to South America as a stranger, aa he vras born there, and his father lived there fop CO years, and he visited his native land with a Btrong predirectlon to- stay there. He informs the "New Zealand Herald" that he la convinced •• New Zaaland 1b a far bettor plice for an Englishman, and there's more money to be made In it, and it's easier kept when made. You never koow when a civil war may break ont m Sou h America, or a war with a neighbouring republic, Obill, iSolfvla, and Peru have not rooovered from the last war, and a war between Chill and the Argentine mnat come sooner or later, aa they dispute Patßgonia between them. AU these conntrioa court war, and go m when they have a chance. They lovo it, but the foreigners don't, as th^y generally have to pay for the fan. When I heap people growl at the .New Zealand Government, I think they should just go to South Arcgroi. They wonld at least get an Idea of what corruption means. A man hus only to beonma a governor or judge and he is rich, and all hla relatives and friends too. Most of their loans are spent on armies and navies. Ohill alone can pat 100,000 men m the Bald, well armed and equipped, and better soldiers are not to be had When on the mirch a flight of looaats are fools to them. All is nMi that drops into their net, and they don't care a rap who it balonaa to," Me M'Laughlln gives a lot of information about agricultural and pastoral affairs m the Argentine Republic and Ohill, bat oonMderß New Zmland farmers bettor off, bad times and all.