TO THE NEW WORLD.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XX, Issue 2065, 10 January 1925, Page 7

TO THE NEW WORLD.

| BARON AND HIS TENANTS. j . UNHAPPY IN HUNGARY. Winnipeg, December 10. A picturesque setting to the large migration of now settlers from Europe j to Western Canada, which is planned 1 to begin next spring, and which is es- ! timated at anything from 100.000 to ; 130,000 souls .was given by the anI nouncement in Winnipeg, by Alailar <le j Gedoon, a Hungarian nobleman, thai ; lie had decided to transport, his tenants and followers, numbering 1100, from ■ his two vasi estauos in Hungary and seltlo ihem and thoir families on 200.000 acres of land in the prairie provinces. This will mean, he slated, ; a total influx of over 3000 men. women and children. Baron do Gcdeon ! has spen tfcho last four months in Western Canada seekin gout the laud, and j he has already purchased 10,000 acres 1 in Saskatchewan for his baronial esI tates, and arranged for 'the purchase lof 40,000 acres to accommodate the i first 200 families due to arrive early in ! April. GOVERNMENT'S APPROVAL. Before dhe war the baron was Govi ernor-General of Eastern . Hungary, ; with a total population of 2,000,000 j people. His two vast estates are j mostly situaded in the occupied terrii tories, and his tenants and followers } do not like the position they now find | themselves in. harassed, as they are, ! by people of alien races on every side. ' 1 promised tlhem therefore." said I Baron de Gedeon, "that I would eomo | to Canada and look things over, and j they promised me in return that, if 1 1 was satisfied, they would follow wherj ever I liked to lead, and would settle j under my guidance."

A specially attractive issue of the N.Z. Sportin gaud Dramatic Review is the current number witfli its abund- ) atice of illustrations covering all the j huliday events. The Racing Carnival ; s>t Ellerslie is given pride of place and ; enthusiasts will have additonal pleasure in recalling all the incidents of | noTiable events on Cup Day and Derby Day so graphically represented in numerous page-. The Governor-General's visit is also recorded in. an interesting eel T.he Auckland Trotting Club's meeting has an animated showing of leading events. The centre pages are flptly sot out with stirring views of the'.Ml Black's' match with Oxford University, while elsewhere the Wales contest is depicted. The first cricket test between ' England and Australia in Sydney is the subject of many interesting photographs showing phases of the play. There is a charming page of modish fashions for ijie ladies and stage and motion pictures stand out for an attractive display. Other subjects of universal appeal include N.Z. Hoy Scouts in Sydney, yachting in Sydney, fox hunting in England, Armistice Day in London, tho Poirtman Hunt, visiting sportsmen in Auckland, lawn tennis contest, etc.