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Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 98, 18 April 1885, Page 7

TUSSTIMO'NIAtIS TO 15 It EE T TH V> O LON ISTS 1 UUIH •* AND riWLOPMmA OF TTSEFUTi •trtiOVTLEDGVs » IVNOVVLTCBGE) BB1N(J k COMPfiMDIUM OF INFORMATION DV PRACTIOAIi COLONISTS UPON FARMING, HORTICULTURE, AND ALT* SUBJECTS OF INTERE3T To VTI3W ZEALAND SETTLERS, Edited by Thomson W. Leys.

The piibiishor Sa«s much fcleacnre Ih pc } rto«v» Mlging receipt of the fullowing tcstituwiu ,[* pom Vi'cll-l^nown agncwlttiralista and »\tl.ct •rai'tical colonists on the Value of the abf>vd .vork :— v The followinp letter i* from Mtt jA^rr- "Vf w r.ACK. Hillside. Papntoitoi. Aaoneot jJi»« im 6 •rachcal and.aliccest.fiil settlors in 1 ho AuukUnd ustricl. his opinion it- of prront Value. "Str— I )u,vo looked forward with ;» cr>n^ -ideiahle doprreeof int-'rest toth(?publioo>ion nf 'jkktt's Colonists' UuidE. and can »u>^ su r> at it has far exceeded my exnoci.ii.n .» Hardly a <fay passes without t)iy finding -mm* i Siingiti its pages both inter< sting and in "<• ive It ia :i book that should be in d— y ietili)r*9 In use in the col«my. The n». , : -» levoted to fanning ib full of reliable intwiui.i* tion. and I have no hesitation tn sayii'- ''n 1 it is the moHt comprehensive and Useful l> ,tf.r 'or a New Zealand culouist ever published^

From Sm GteOßGte Grky v Jt»C.Bi— "'ifv«^'"«f Sir,— l havokeiM.in constant use far unv-ni»s two months the copy of Bhktt v s Coiox&vs fiUIDB ANP CVCI.OI'.TSDTA OF ÜbbltU' T^JfOt *' li uqk, which you were Rood enovifch i« M'l.tf \ti<% I have tested it in nv»ny wayd upun •« t'f'*afe>. variety of uSoEul snb.iccis and Am smtißfUiil i *b i\ is b> far tbti'bfst work of the kind I i.xi u i- » ~f •<een» I feel that its merits and Usofulnc-a in rd. latioh to all pra«-tle&l pubjefte oh which eg settler's ooinfort and success depend. fr;t'V>- ;( a necesBitt< appendajre to svery home in M - ' nnyf v land.— Failhlully youir^ G. Gkkv» — li u o <»u» January *th> ISB4. A

MR John Walupb. of Wotiiwel! Pn-tr. Wfrinkli (formerly of Flat. Hu-h). wl>» i- n-.. of ' our «.ar'l"'i settlers, and had bi*cn r^ «w: ">' years closoly connected \vitn every tflbr 1 to | .j*«>* niote the ft»*iSoultur.»l interests of tho Att- klund. •lisirict, writes d s follows l — , " DeaS Sik,— l have much" pleasure in addin-r m\ mitjj in warm commendation of I" 1 v.tt'S -(Jolonistb' Grtnls. It isa book That .->' *»• .1 >>o, 1 not only m e\ery farmer's TrbvAry, b\»« • v?A also be On fever/ colonial's book-bhelr, no mar ft 1 in what line of colonial industry he or -he mvp— be t'ligaged 'Ihofo is information fi'.Mi' 1 . ,-M lookiuK backover a p^-rod of 41 yea Wot M&% ■ !>ml york how much vamable tinu-. ami hio^oy >!iip;ht ha\ c bfen r iVod if atthe beginnit X h\uh :t fund of tufonuation had bcoM available Wtrn'de us as is now within the reach of all in liM'Mr.i < l of KroU\s G> ide. colon sts (l who dvai." »n -, worthy of the name, fthoUld not, from i!S ''J' 1 ► ant appearance or thb quaiUy of th<- luaterai, i-iake it a drawing - room booU in ln» looked at and admired (is oho \\<iU-<) n picture or a curio} they should h.»vtf it on tho mantle»shelf. the sofi, «.r tlnJ for her- of the table; ; in fact, any Whrb> <w tl'at ihe eye of Faihor, Mother. Johnny, an'«! Jehi.v, xnd even the helj'B may have a chanc- » ' Jo-n* mirat. it during spmv minuiee in Un- ti'Ui <{ Mimmor or iho inolomehcy oi winuv. ?1v ( <retthuB shown piuck in bringing k\ii M:cn v t^ook. h.ia Wen excoodinirly fbrtunn'i- m iba selection of hid contributors* and 1 siicer* i]f ;iope it Will prove a financial success^

Mr GteOKGE ttofct>snip, ATannping t)i-frJ»«r of, h'j Auckland I'imbcr Company and a nitu-.i.0al , ".olonistof Jong experience, writes {■— "v w ir,— T have looked o\'er jroUr ls> nTi.i'^ 1 Ictbrc. and consider it one of the mt.a' us fnl md Vahiublti b«»oks for the New /mo ami (tiler ev*>r pu'fltehed The inform" i ..» is «o varied, and {ho ticlvice bo praoticaK *-\ J s-f - *-I*> •larairraith will ofienbo found Wortll .noru tiiun ,- 1 ho ooßt' of the buoki

! t Mil T. Y. KrcKSoJi.- T^s^!xte l Age-tt. A«ck» •md, hascuniiMiAiiedtliofollp^inct^ i^-•'l-huye much, plcasui'o in siaft l i%tl\Ht"l*v» Vinq l ;flri*ruil\ cMiiniiHil inhi }iiiK)i*'a 'nnff?-\y .<] '}< ibE I h'i\e nolio^lttitionin's^in A^fm-'iijlcr t{?<io(l vjiiuo (or U;t- i-iiico uskyd forjui-lm'-j,' A-oi'th ten as>d .tvVcntv un\e.s, tneCr^owv to' ilmost anvo..n onpuggdiii furul twhij^rfrii'* FrOW ft AikbkBhe ; SritieK' ' . \ PUkek<«ho, Aiecemtdr 1. iSSft, , *' HfiAtt Stit,-^t havo recently bern isVi^«un-d by afriond of mine witti a copy.of j \inv \ v.'u.iir^ wark, 'I JHK \ OLOiilßl'ti tivlHSi. It cOiii«i"s» i> 1 - WriUeh ttrtUUea' \m "nearly every «u jbot ot interp3t to/ r.he eoUler,: «3ccept rcM .i«n . with which, it doos", not irH-dcUo,' „ .^ o^j iU'tjcl .-s ~l\i~r -.teyxdojjJl • .ytitfon hj pvavtichl men. j*::-t< ..aO: A, J tuu nwtUt of nmbhoxp^iolico in a'cmpaui tu.ff/ _eto j Tet(\. v fojqhj< ptir^jthV^orUl^^int^-m" is also, « ■^m^ijiiid&Al&Bi^i^fe^tLKS^