LEAVING NEW ZEALAND.
In a rccenit speech the Prime Mln's'iter admitted 'that people' were leaving New Zealand Jor Queenis-laud and othelr States, Ibulfc, he .asserted, thfy were departing .because they oould not obtain sufficienitly targe '-areas--of land in this country. This iexp.l a nation mil hardly stand a close scrutiny. Hero is a> statemenit of a man who has be< n. trying for seven year®, .without <?• r- ■ c?ss, to obtain a. piece «f land: "T»fy father-in-flaw had a if-aibm .near Ra.tiiii, some 220 acres, which he held for fifUise'a' yeatrs. „To. get it he and his family had to go over a pig track with i his goods arid 'oha'btefls on horses' | backs. He jv.rd otliens pleaded fo>- a •better .system cf communication so as to get rid ol their produce. It was no good, however,, and so he's in | Queensland now - Witih 320 acres of I good .land., <and I » going to join i him." Ha was taking his wife and child with him, and -was to be 'followed by four farmers from his district, one of thorn with eight isons and dirce daughters.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10669, 26 June 1912, Page 4
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185LEAVING NEW ZEALAND. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10669, 26 June 1912, Page 4
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