WHY THEY EMIGRATE TO NEW ZEALAND.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 4 February 1880, Page 2

WHY THEY EMIGRATE TO NEW ZEALAND.

-♦ A depressed farmer writing in May fair, gives the following intelligent reasons why he has resolved to emigrate to New Zealand :— " Much as I love my country it will be a relief to me, as a farmer, to get free from the intolerable annoyances, hindrances, and irjnstice which are almost invariably, incidental to farming in England. As a man I shall deeply feel the parting from old friends; but I 10- k forward with a sense of joyous relief to the time when I shall be my own master for Ihe first time in my life, free to fatin to the best of my judgement, and secure the fruits of industry and enterprise, whether they be great or small. In England I have farmed the land of another man, under his direction, liable to los«es from the ravages of bis game, insulted by bis attempted control as to the vote which I gave, and the Church which I attended, and, worst of all, subject t<> his legal right to confiscate the value o f my improvements. In New Zealand I shall cultivate my own land, be at liberty to keep down n ild animals at my nle>) sure, be as free to assert my political manhood, and follow my religious bent as any landlord in England, and the cwner of an increment which, by the investment of capital and labour, I may add to the value of my farm. I shall often think of the friends I have left behimt me, and look with interest to see if, as time goes on they get relief from the abominable wrongs and hindrances which I, like them, have experienced."