A SWISS SETTLEMENT IN NEW ZEALAND.
The Smith Australian Kegister states that "Mr Ernest. Sngstor, the eommissiener of Swiss CdaJt'.tt the' Adelaide Exhibition, writing t» a friend an Adelaide, speaks strongly of ;his vivid leoolleotions of the hospitality and kindness he experibneed at the hands of the people of Adelaide, and goes on to say that New Zealand;' with her Swiss-like scenery; silverstreams; mountaiu lakes, snow-capped peaks, groen pastures, fertile soil, and-; her kindred people,' has charmed him She most. He mentions that he has pnrohaje'4, on behalf of a syndicate of Swiaa gentlenjeui'a large blook'.of nearly 4000 acres of virgin, land, in Pukekokc, 30 miles sonth;of Auckland, on th'eTrailway to Hamilton. It Is'intended to'aiirvey and Bub-divide the blopk,", and j then ,have it eettledby indnstrious farmers, chiefly Swiss. He believes"there is, better scope for the hard.workinjf, thrtftpllers'ef the soil in the colonies than in,the, pfd country.' ; Thenow settlement is;to Woalled,Helvetia,?' ;■•
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1234, 20 November 1882, Page 2
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151A SWISS SETTLEMENT IN NEW ZEALAND. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1234, 20 November 1882, Page 2
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