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A.Tarjiuakisottlerwlio is.visiting the Old Country w aupplyiug the Herald with a readable uccount of hii travels. Writing from Glasgow, in the early part of Juno, he-says:—"-While I wasnn Glasgow two special trains arrived from Abordeen way with emigrants for Canada... One of the trains .had 300 people aboard, and tho other had -ioO. I got into conversion with somo of them, and asked why they preferred Canada to New Zealand. One of them said that by going to Canada, they got 100 acres free, and had a pair of working bullocks and Beod supplied them. For this they deposited £4O, which was returned on tho bullocks on the same being paid for.' They seemed pretty well acquainted with, ths state of affairs in New Zealand. One/OTiooi said to me: " You see, iu New Zealand a settler has to take up bush land, which costs £3 an acre to clear; and he has then to sitdownand wait for the grass to grow." These emigrants were mostly small farni' ers. They said that things were getting worse and worse at homo for the last seven years and they thought in welli* leava i while they had something toft with. ' 'One of them added; "Everylnihg is. goiug to the bod at farming. A bullock that we used to sell for'£3o brings only £lB now." It seems that frozen'meat andthehidi rents of farms are killing tho farroora.. Meat coitainly is much cheaper than when 1■• was in Scotland eighteen years ago. While I was in Aberdeen this time I saw. some joints ticketed for sale at 4d per lb, and beefstako was sold at Is. If one took a whale leg of mutton it could be bought at per lb; and that was tho best Scotch mutton. I went into Boveral establishments and asked for tinned meat, and was always offored American, which sold at lOd the 21b tin, or 5d per lb'. I used to pay Is for this in New Zealand. I told them I did not want American but New Zealaud meat. They had some of Libby's; which was Is the 21b tin. On failing it to me the shopman said: "BWxe can let you have American for 10d.'"
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2398, 13 September 1886, Page 2
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