The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17,1883. OFF TO JERICHO.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 296, 17 November 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1883. OFF TO JERICHO.

J^&BBrrumfiurs have reached us ( within; iheTaslfievv'aays of a projected exodus, on the part of certain of oar population; to a remote locality kno r wn as Puoet ! Soundr- -We- hear, l>iit "can scarcely "ctedit the rumour^ 'jthai^he scheme; . {propotmd^d^^p. , garter a: vessel ; aod ' o^o^Jbhe .'^^mlirig' emigrants. .. M , •■theset deluded and credulous ]>eop(le'iQi&^ti Ji'aie %eenin|^led 07; 80itie ! ,;^e«^n^n^er8qn ! Oivpef^ons,; who must unquestionably* ..have some sinister object m view m! ,ind«;cing r thei*j«eoittftfetp;iice dtarem^ark"Ofis'uchria. Will^ rth'e-iJßsp expedition *s jflrls 'seems * tip be.' Xt , appears iln&piv! tiki's case. dUfcance.feas.iient an?!ex*i^ovdjinaryiiehcbantment'to the ' vidwj aud ! th6 ffl(«teria|f prdsrlec^lieia wt .would seem to nave turned the usually: •sober .inJ^Blleot otitKesg* victims of anj apparent del-u'ston!'^ "We' Would lmpressj upon^^fchepa th^ ( Jie^essit^ of looking befoteUHfey; leapl'Clie^them inquire and m what resi pect they contemplate improving 1 , their 'w'otoV Wospe6^ h 'bv' 'retiiovtrig 't6 Pagfit. Sound;. :.., We yenture, on i inquipf, .reflection? will convince them that any steps 'of the kind prof-posed,\\-pj^d be the height of folly ami im^rtttience. "SiirMy things cannot be:._BOubad;(With: them ia this country^ 4hat 'ihey are forced ? to .commence life aiie'v^in^,^^nge^'ani'd _j^st^t iandioJT which theytJcnowi aiSolutely nefttato f^ot^nrg^ -&WadsNjkhti^ aware wrio are 1 ttie' promoters s 'of project, but -w^ can Jieafcjfcp.t a^certain^ajnount of mystery "and secrecy are being observed its fton^ ■^tfes fl and 'wHll-iiiGttuvall^ engender suspicion Jp. . j>he ,-in;ind%,tpf ,thp^e who ar<^ expected to join m the undertaking! We' counsel can^oW'bV T ijhe/|^rfc bfanf T whq^luive.been induced to eiifertain the "propb'ial. lesi .mey discover., \vhen, tod lnte that they Have embarked on a I * * ~i "1 i\ T~l[&T f l~ t"\ i ; T 0^ 8 ©! r^rr t 6^ l n S can *° ttem dis: aster, compared 10 winch all temporary vicissitudes as colonists vould sink into insignificance. We trust none of the intending party will do m hastej vwiiatstfjey may have causo to bitterly recent atftheir leisure. i ,^-:^i>-v-.-v i