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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1259, 27 February 1872, Page 2

A recent resident of Southland, whot emigrated to Kansas, gives a fearful description of the fires which, prevailed in that State last autumn, and adds : " The troubles of one sort and another I have had this last, year have made me many a time wish I had never seen this country, but gone right back from home to New Zealand, where T can enjoy a good climate, if nothing else, A farmer's life here is no joke—from spring to winter not a moment to spare, working like a horse, with the thermometer at 120° and then when winter sets in, the fact that large rivers will be frozen a foot thick in four or five days will, tell you what changes we are liable, to. The cold is interne, and nothing can be done outside save a little chopping." At Kiandra, N.S.W , there has not been a single police, court case during the last six months. The revenue of Victoria for 1871. shows a net increase, as compared with 1870, of nearly £2(8,000.