A DISADVANTAGE OF THE BACK BLOCKS.
• A few days ago (writes our travelling,corv, respondent) I was riding across country, and . pulled up at .a farm at . dinner; time— m) : utyial practice. . -There,',■ wer.e,. six strapping - girls and, one .of, tho-'sterner ;sex-.; sitting: at table;' the father .'and mother taking the;. head and foot of the,table in. ortbetips'style, y ■They eyed me' with ; curiosity;-.as if -i ■call-'-from a stranger. was, a . rare •occurrehce.-..:'.,' It »•'. is a strange fact' that of this family, con- ' sisting of a; dozen, (some being pbsent), only. the • father , was' able >to readand. - vrrite!; ; v These children; have been brought , into the , ■ fW'orld and.Vreared up :ifl. absolute ignorance..; =. Thero is no school', within ■ many miles; • Tho '. ■ father told me'he had been on his: section; 45 ; yoafs, -:artd had'- road. to hiss land-, •■;,;■ though he has been paying rates for 35 years. In the early days'.ho:-'had to .nde n] psjck . horSe to Masterton, 45 nules, and walk back : alongside or behind the horse, mostly ;by . pig . tracks— certainly a long way to go to .do , ~ his shopping. . „ '
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 143, 11 March 1908, Page 2
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179A DISADVANTAGE OF THE BACK BLOCKS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 143, 11 March 1908, Page 2
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