AFFAIRS IN ARGENTINA

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LI, Issue 8099, 26 September 1922, Page 3

AFFAIRS IN ARGENTINA

INQUIRY FORM BROSPEC TI.VE *SEiTLER.

The following letter received by Mr (J G Norris from a waiter in Argentina discloses the- uasatisfactorv condition of affairs i nt-hat country; “1 am seeking information on behalt of a small gro-up of Britons, (including; myself and family), who have decided to leave this country and settle under the Hag. Perhaps it is an impertinence on my part to address you. if so forgive me. It may not be your custom to give ititormalion oulsde of New Zealand, thercloie, if it is not asking too much, would you please forward to me a description o- fyour district, a list of properties for sale, etc. Do you also sell Government land? Is tße laud covered with forest?lf so, what would it cost to clear it at per acre/ Have you a good rainfall? Is there running water for stock? What- i- the climate like? Do you have frosts in winter? Can labour be got t-u a.vflst with crops, reaping the maize crop, etc Gould we procure go thfl ttoiio udag s.hrdlu cmfw cure good land on good terms? Any ‘■ther iuto-rmalioai which you may'' think will be ol value to us we willbe thankful Jor. \\ c have suffered ' -HWere depredations here at the hands of stock-thieves, without getting any assistance from the police lor their recovery. The writer lost practically all !>L cattle in one night Sell and niy son when trying l to protect- out stock were tired upon, my boy being :jhot- through tfiie arm*. I hat boy had .been thro-uah the gloat war and was wounded four times.