Tlie backbloek settlor, even if some of tlicm are prosperous, does not always live in the lap of luxury (says the Dannevirke ?>ew9). A well-known sportsman oi the coast district remarked that with another three weeks gone lie would have resided on his present holding for forty years; it was only within the last three years that he had had a roail to his place (and it could not now be traversed by motor traffic in winter;, and he had the great privilege nf having to pay £I,OOO a year in rate*
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 March 1916, Page 7
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92Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 Taranaki Daily News, 8 March 1916, Page 7
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