THE LAND OF CHANCES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 689, 14 December 1909, Page 8

THE LAND OF CHANCES.

■ ..:■: ;: ■,'!':. KJRWNE'': in : t&<j. ye'abs. "'"''■■ '■'.?■/: '■. Canada is ; a'land /of great chances, , accord. ■■■• :• ■ ing .to Mr. Richard; Tingey, : who returned ' from Emtland.sby way of the great Dominion a fow days ago; ' .';.' : . . '■',:,■■ 'Tllgive you an; instance of' what- a,young .'".■;■' '.'' man has done there, said Mr. .Tingey, "and ' : '? what ho can. do to-day if .he: has the push. ' Travelling with us. on the ira'raiuafroni' \ r an- r : : couver was a young,man named'Davidson, soil'of ah-Otago.farmer, who has fcn'on th« '". • , laild'.in MaMtoba County for : some time". Ton ■■'■ - ,; - years ago ho left. Now,Zealand,.'.'a'nd landed in V ; - Vancouver with .the equivalent of : a^few dollars - ■ ''■'■■' - in.his.Eobkete.i■ At.that.timel.the Canadian ; ''■ Government: wore : offering. blocks of' 160 acres'". : to dot' practically,'nothtng. . They hW -• to, deposit £2, cultivate' a'proportion of .it for' - ,> ■ : three.years,'and were then given, the deeds of ;'i the property. , In, this manner' Mr. Davidson •■■' ■ : ' acquired a block of ,800 aores, and he ha'sa '-a* flno homestead, ~twentj- horses, sbmo cattle '•: wagons, ■ arid farm : implements, all absolutely : - ■ : free-.. It iaeans.,a fortunVto-himV Tho'.land/. ' " is.good land, and lip grew wheat and ma'de' ' good money.. ,»It is 1 hard, ontne ■ ■ ground: for five pr:six.,uioiiths—but if you- put '■"■■.•'■■■ ■■ tho .work in.the'return : is-there. Now, :this .. '■ ' young .fellow ..has leased his. farm : 'fdr,,a .time , • ■ i in order:to:make a'trip round.tho world and ■ people in Otago; ■ . •', •: • - V.• '. "Thafs liow'i th.ey. settle the land,in Canada ; ' : ' -where .will.- a-ypung_raan:find chances' like < ' : 3 that, in. New Zealand? , .': :,.,:..-:.■,. , >■.-.;