LIFE IN THE ARGENTINE.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XVIII, Issue 1857, 4 September 1923, Page 2

LIFE IN THE ARGENTINE.

Letters from Argentine to the editor of the Auckland Weekly tell a story of selling out at great sacrifice and willingness to take anything to get out of the country. One passage reads:—“There is absolutely no protection for life or property in this country. For instance, a murderer will be set at liberty after the officials have got all his money and sold his goods and have pocketed the proceeds. We will be glad to get out of the place, even with light pocket books. The Government of the country is spreading propaganda to attract settlers from England. The propaganda in England should be stopped by the British Government. We want to get to a country where there is British law. I sold out at immense sacrifice and will be the first of a large party to arrive. The others are doing their best to sell out, and are willing to make big sacrifices to get out and make new homes in a country like New Zealand. Affairs here are grossly mismanaged. For instance, my lawyer in Buenos Ayres informs me that there must be a couple of thousand titles which should have been signed by the former Minister of the Department. The new Minister is now revising these documents. They were formerly kept back for political purposes. I have suffered severely at the hands of cattle thieves, but it is useless to expect the authorities to do anything. It is only by the mercy of Providence that my son and I escaped death at the hands of the thieves, and my son was wounded.' Land may be dearer in New Zealand, but you have a superior climate, facilities we do not have here, middlemen cannot so extensively rob the farmer, and you have not got bands of stock thieves allowed to go scot free."