.; He was an old .Tasmaniah, shep;hpfd,! and, after spending a few years: caring^ for New Zealand sheep, ■ 'he (returned to his • former r place' ■of residence. rHe was questioned as to. i the. cause of his leaving a prosperous I colonyvsu'ch' as. new; [Zealand is. rHis ! explanation was tall, being; i to": this effect 17— " I liked the country well enough" v jnysels -but the missus'" didn't.- - { W a glfeat place for earths quakes;- 'Our hutwasc oh 'tlie edge of a deep rocky- guMy-^sotnetimMS if wcc3 on- oiie side'of'it\and sometime >■ on llie [QifiWVv-l didn't 1 ---itiin&v&iat' sort |of thing ttiy^elf, but the • old.; woman began to, get frightened; so, when! our time ■ was* up, 7 -clearea ;
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Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 140, 24 November 1884, Page 4
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