A SUCCESSFUL COLONIST.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1051, 6 January 1883, Page 1

A SUCCESSFUL COLONIST.

The following letter from an individual who seems to hare had pleasant expeiienccs in the Colony, appears in a Home journal ; ' I Lave just returned in the Wairoa from New Zealand, after spending five years in Christchurch, Auckland, and Dunedin ; also 1 have visited Melbourne and Sydney last year. The population of these cities—of course I mean New Zealand—is as near as possible alike, each containing (outskirts incluledjsome 30,000 to4n,(Uo people, so that there is plenty of scope for your proVssion ; and, believe me, if you are .an adept in your profession, be not afraid, but start at once for Christen urch where there are only three dentists. You must understand drink destroys about one-half of the folks that go to the Colonies. I regret to say that it is thrust down your throat, as it were, every stop one goes ; for the flaunting gin-palace is there to catch unwary miners, and wo are killing the poor Natives—the Maoris—-with bad rum as fast as it is possible to do it, which is a disgrace to any civilised community, like England. All I can further say to you here is, Go out like a man, as I did ; have courage if ,you are cleverf get yourself talked about, and success will soon follow, I have made lots of money out there and lost it again ; but that was my own fault, not the country’s. In regard to the climate, all New Zealand i s superior to this, especially Christchurch, where the thermometer never goes lower than 45, and the leaves are off the trees during five weeks only in winter. Canterbury is the province where the money is, so don’t trouble yourself about any other place ; I have been to them all, lived there, and proved it. Besides, the residents of Canterbury are all principally ofa superior class, and there the finest corn, potatoes etc., in the world are grown. Supposing you did not succeed in your present line of business, there are plenty of others open to you, so don’t let that slop you going out, I went out without a penny, aud made £3l*oo iu two years, and hate only returned because I wanted to see ray relations, and may go back again any day. I simply write ytu this out of good nature ; Mr Rose, of 7 9 Leadcnhnll street, will corroborate all I say. You had better try and se» Mr Rose, as I think you would find it greatly to your advantage so to do, as he knows the colonies thoroughly, and you can rely upon what he says. If you go out don’t go by sailing vessel, as t'ipy are abominable, but go by steam direct if y-m cm to Port Lyttelton, Christchurch, Canterbury ; if ;m> steamer d rect, go via M'lhmirne, and thence you go by the sph mini steamers of the tJnion Company el New Zealand, which take some, four and a-ha’f days coming, ami are gruel boats,second to none anywli re. I be'ieve Money Wigrams are going to start a •'monthly line of steamers •to New • Zealand. —W. Mjumios, dun., Mtrhy House, Bournemouth.