Speaking of the trials of the pioneer settlors of Otago at. the re-nnion of Taieri pioneers, the Hon. T. Mackenzie said the self-denial and pluck of their forefathers in fa'cing difficulties’ could never be surpassed by any people who might live in the country. With all present grievances and imaginary drawbacks there was no country that offered such advantages as New Zealand to those who would work as the early, settlers worked. His father worked in a cutting and -got 5s a' day for it, and they had to make it go a long way. Mr. Donald Reid: “I got Is 6d.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3184, 1 April 1911, Page 4
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