“YOUNG MAN’S COUNTRY”

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 337, 24 April 1928, Page 15

“YOUNG MAN’S COUNTRY”

INDIAN GENERAL’S OPINION “MANY PREFER CALIFORNIA” “New Zealand is a young man’s ‘ country, and retired officials in India regard it accordingly, though I have heard of several inquiries of late concerning settlement in this country.” i Major-General John Macfarlanc. Sloan. C. 8.. C.M.G., D. 5.0., is attached r to the Royal Army Medical Corps at a Poona, in the Indian Southern Commaud. He arrived in Auckland to-day d by the Marania from Sydney, accom - e panied by Mrs. Sloan. j The views of New Zealand which the , General saw in a Dominion journal a few weeks ago decided that he should 8 pay us a visit “The fishing illustrations looked so attractive,” he ex - " plained, “that I just had to come!” Incidentally, General Sloan had a good word for the Dominion’s pub- . licity services, especially in the South Island. -He cheerfully admitted that ' lie had been inundated with propaa ganda regarding New Zealand. As for the settlement of retired Brit- ** ish Indian officials in this country. n General Sloan said: “New Zealand is generally regarded as a young man's e country—not the sort of place to retire in. Many of our people prefer to go to California and invest in fruit farms.” \ Major-General * Sloan is a Scotchman, educated at Glasgow University. ” who entered the Army in 1899. He * served in the South African and European wars, and in 1916 wits Assistant - Director of Medical Services. Among the General’s decorations is the Order of St. Anne of Russia, r.