EXODUS FOR AMERICA.
The “ Manawatu Times ” says : “ We hear, upon what is the very best authority, that there is even more than a probability that in a very short time the Scandinavian settlement at Norsewood will be a thing of the past. The settlers there have in serious contemplation the abandoning of their land altogether, and emigrating in a body to America ; and, with that end in view, have been making arrangements for chartering two ships for the conveyance of themselves and their families. It is their intention to sail for San Francisco, and from enquiries, they learn that by the course they propose to take they will get to their destination at something like £5 10s per head. They have been already in communication with the American Government, which has given them a promise that on their arrival at San Francisco they will be transported into the interior gratuitously. Surely there must be something radically wrong, when, after toiling for nine years at the land, as the settlers of Norsewood have done, that they should now think it the best to abandon it to seek fresh fields.”
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2511, 7 April 1881, Page 4
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188EXODUS FOR AMERICA. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2511, 7 April 1881, Page 4
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