NEW ZEALAND.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXI, Issue 7915, 1 October 1909, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

THE BEST COUNTRY FOR THE

WORKING MAN

! In writing to the Weekly Scotsman, Mr David Sandilands, of Oamaru, aaya: I notice m the Club of April 10th a letter on New Zealand, signed " Andrew Watson,;,Oamaru,'.', who; as the saying 'goes here, is a Scotsman born m New Zealand and knows nothing about the climate of Scotland. But the present writer is a Scotsman born near the Highland line, who has had nearly forty-nine, years' experience of the climate at home, and now 29J years' experience of the climate of. New Zealand; If Club readers will compare the tables of twelve months of. out average temperature, and the same of our average ; rainfall the like tables for: Scotland, it-..,wi1l give them a better, idea of our climate; than foy highsoundings words can. do: >'/ . Average-temperature: January, 64 degrees; ,February, 64; .March, 68; April, 55; May, 50; June, 46; July, 45; August, 45; September, 46; October, 54; November, 60; December, 63. Average .rainfall:. January, ,3.16 inches; February, 1.78; March, 2.63; April, 1.38; May, 1.28; June, 1.33; July,, I..80; August, 0.88; September, 1.64; October, 1.90; November, 2.34; December, 2.28. " , R^adfers will, of course, understand, that the seasons are here just the reverse of those, of Scotland, June being our second, month of winter..

New Zealand is a glorious country, and to. my mind there is.,no better country on earth for the working man. My only regret during, my; 29i years hero has ever been that I did not come here when k much younger man. No inducement whatever will take me back to Scotland.;

■ _ Readers should bear m mind that New Zealand is a.larger country than Great Britain, and there is still plenty of'room. But it is a young, country— its birth, may be dated from the year 1848. But no faint-hearted people need come here,, and the best asset any tradesman can bring with him is the spirit that ia prepared to take a turn at anything that offers for a, time. I have no interest whatever m writing this letter, except a wish to assist my brither Scot, who, were he to arrive here m the dark, .would be m doubt if he had left Scotland at all. We are nearly all Scots here, and almost every third; person one meets is a " Mac." None who are ;willing to work and conduct themselves properly need be afraid to come to this, the Scotland of the South. >