HAPPY ISLE OF JERSEY.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 March 1922, Page 11

HAPPY ISLE OF JERSEY.

“AN INFLUX OF SETTLERS.” A former resident of Wellington is now living in his jfative Jersey. He recently wrote to a relative in this city stating that he was able to buy New Zealand butter in Jersey at Is 6d per pound; and that for the first time. It was, he said, excellent in, quality, and it was sold as New Zealand in competition with Jersey made butter -selling at 4s per pound. . This happy island, he added, levied no taxes upon him except 2s per annum on his bicycle. A proposal suggested by the Imperial Government that Jersey should collect income tax was repealed by the States of Jersey, the independent legislative authority. On Jersey there are now some 50,000 people—an island about as long as -from Wellington to Haywards. The island’s wonderful productivity is maintained, and *its general produce, “early” vegetables and flowers continue to be. shipped to London and other markets in their thousands of tons daily, notwithstanding the influx of population. These newcomers have gone to live on the island to escape the heavy taxations of England. Houses are at a premium and those who have been renting houses for over 40 years are being turned out to make room for newcomers at increased rentals. There are no severe festictions on the sale or prices of liquor on Jersey, and th.e native population is renowned for its temperate character. The proximity to France, the reputation ?or cheapness, and fine climate and beautiful scenery have always, ensured Jersey’s popularity as a holiday resort; blit the flitting of tax-erushed people from England to settle in .Jersey has put a new face on affairs in this happy island and in its sister Guernsey.