MR. HALCOMBE AND THE SCANDINAVIANS.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 71, 3 September 1879, Page 2

MR. HALCOMBE AND THE SCANDINAVIANS.

' T ,; ■: , ;,.;'_ -'"'TO THJB.' EiMTOB. ;J ;V ' .'. . > ;Sie,'— l', Bare''; heard Mr:' H^combe say friqiiently'tjiafc.he' has helped 'the ScandirnatiansVrßAt'l- dispute this, as . he 1 .-has wronged them instead. 3Tor instance; :;?before he left Wellington- he proposed to re- ■ tfuce their 'grant ■of land' ) from 40 :to IQ. acres, ibqt vas :.!unsuccesßf ul: m . so ' ma ; nly through the exertions of Mr. Toxwardj, vfho thwa^d-rh^ little game.. Had it not been f oV f thp;iin dness pi IVIr; Snelsoft ; ithese^mmigrants .^p^d'har^ starye^ -^their | provisions, tools, and clotTies^for which i jthey^ were compelled^ to pay^-wer'e lef j; De- j hind m Wellington,' a"nd it was only through-Mr. r Snelson's eiertioiis that, they escaped /starvation." A£ a proof of my assertion, "I may: state that my chest still re- - mains' ; at the'" OrouaV ■ \vhera -my : dollies, which I. brought 'from Sweden, were all rotted- away ; and when I applied; to Mr. Ualoombe for compensation \.f or^i-losses amounting m all to; £20, he clistinctly refused to gite mp any, b^it insisijf d "on my .paying for these r articlejs: which "were, lost through his carelessness. We placed on our sections m empty, horses, without clothes or food ; arid this was the way Mr. Halcomb^i assisted, the ' Scandinayians, although he. was handsomeiy paid for his worj^. . Mr v Snelson helped us although un- r paid f<^ iti'dpd th? S.candiiiaTiaija ought to a man Vote i oi? b i^o .stuck by them m the time of troublp/ and ignore th 6 other who left. them m the lurch, apd tried to rob them i of a 'part of their land besides.— I am, &c, v ' > ; ; , P. GvAkdbbsseh.