Hard Times at Home.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 144, 23 May 1885, Page 3

Hard Times at Home.

'..'... ■ Farmers m !I.Ls r .«ii.sM > ict, aiit! m i, K©w. Zoaliiml gt»ni*mli>' have for the ttpastyear or two tfrnnil«l<!tl'ov«r bard ' I tiineß'and'^pbov prospects^ JtJut thoiiif " j* wpcfroui i Vhoneompar- ' ed With CUe^lpi-ot^uapy.^if < tli&.fuKnieiiß m Gieat Britain.- The low pjices oP giiiihl evj»eoiiiiiy (if -Vrheatt,' have : left theni 'm a distressed condition. •'' ; Many generous laudloi;«ls, both iv Englunil : - 1 Kt»d ; ; Sc<«tl:ii.i«lj. ; kii9«4h^tl»es'e. 'facts' | : Lave rednceii tn«s r^nts from ; teiv to; ! J25 |ier cent., and m some ; cases the' • half-yearly payments hare bi'en . reiiiitteci altogfethvi*. ' Geiierotisiafad- ' 7 . . j«i*4^'lio?w"«;ypr f 'ai-rj?; j'V^tlier _an t'iception. Times are so bad m «ome portions of Scotland that farmers are ofteriri^ to thfbW : Up J their leas; s '.' n y jgiving" 1 * large ■sum by "way of '?' b.ohipeusiitjon. 'lii oh,©; Ciise, ;a "luan.: v in- : l3;ust LotUian ofifeied' bis M-.mdloi-d = £1,500 foil; leave tVpqmtv.' although ■ ; his lease; whs «»»ly .half f 'expired.. The ['. '''ftftVtOQK *.','(coii jjiratiiiWted hiiti*elF when. v : . '. the .otter wjw^accepted. The Scotsman ■".'referring to this oaso, sitid it was by ~,\lub Tiii'ans-a 1 soHtfirv one, ;siu'«l »vdd&d- - *; « c fcWo fextKMst ve^iß<>xf>urgiiVhii>^e fiirin— .. , era have lately <»tT«:rt:d a wmilar sijtn <>; -foi a like: privilege, but ; bo:lt offers ; ; I^'Hfo refui&di" Thesd aYe the men; — I ' nYen jmssessed of practical knowljedge a ..» n 4 °t capital— who are wanted 'm New Z&iland, and who if the question of t emigi-ation weije prpjjerly , put ' u 'lieiore tifct&fytihld' 'n'nd it 'io J thjeii advantage to qoun* to our shores. :