Restless Canadian To Live In New Zealand
LOXDOX, July 7. Arriving at Auckland on July 13 from San Francisco. is Harvey Godfrey, a 30-year-oid • Canadian who, after making a profit of £15,000 on his Wiltsliire farm which he bought three years .ago, intends buving a dairy farm in Hawke's Bay. Mr. Oodfrey left London by air this woek with his wife ahd three small sons. He was brought np in Alberta where his father gave him £8000 to try his luck in England. Mr..: Godfrev invested it in Wiltsliire and sto'cked his farm with Avrshire cattle. He turned his £.8000 into £23,000 wlien he sold out. "If any farmer tells you he ean't make money in England today, you can take it from me that he 's talking througli liis hat, " said Mr. Godfrey before he left for Auckland. He explained that he was going to Xew Zealand " because I am a restless man and because I feel like a cliange. Before I settle in Hawke's Bav I will buy a caravan and travel around the country for a while. ' '
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Chronicle (Levin), 8 July 1948, Page 5
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