MARTON.

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 62, 23 May 1877, Page 2

MARTON.

:■'. -■■ : '"- ;;V .' v ; v •"''■■ ; H/rMay;lß;;>. :^ At a meeting of difc"dnfentted imtmigrarits'at HaicpmbeTown at which. -the Corporation's agent wa : s present by: m- ■ , vitatipn, it was statedas grounds of coin- : plaint that they were, .induced to 1 come to New Zealand by false representations I -made to [/them in England. They had 'been promised a cottage^ with a,n>acre of ? land foi*'£4o, or a ; renta? of L 7s Isd per^ week for three years when it would be- . come freehold, now they were chargeii; >£78jpiiv7s 6d per week fpryfbur years; i They, had- been .prpmise4,,consjtar[t em-, plbyme'nt at 7s per "day, but can only obtain four days' work .per, week at 55.. ■Mr' Halcombe explained tftat:the agreed , ments referred to applied to the Feilding. settlement. At Halcombe .Toybi more substantial houses .had been builty therefore they were! charged ino^eV Good ■men could earn 7s to Ids per day at lOd, per yard price they getting. He would: see they were[ provided with necessary tqpls. ; UMnratelyj a reg6lu>--tibn was "passed to resist paying mpre : .than 7 t s rental per week^jand.asxibscripUst was ; opened! ; tP ' Vay ' f or legal assistance to* compel *- the Corporation to fulfil the promises under which they hadcome "out. • ■'■ ;■' ? 'y^. ...-;'. ■ :;."- Lewer's store at Bulls had' a ; narrb>i escape of being burnt down. Fire- m; •' 'the shop wis'seeii "about 3.30 a.m. by _ a man,>wH6 at once roUseid the inmates" and the fire was! extinguished., ; Com- , Sar'atively little injury was. doiael; 'The re is;, supposed to hive originated :in rats setting fire to^ match.es.: ; ; '