A SWISS SETTLEMENT AT PUKEKOHE.
Tin: S- .tii Au'straWau : tester states that "Mr. Kγ::.• -t Eugster, : Commissioner of the Swis- Court at the o!*i<le Exhibition, speaks of !iis viviii recu, ;ii,. fl () f the hospitality ami kimliifss hi- i .•cpcricuceil at the hands o. f tins people oi .\,i, -.-ii.l**, and go' ,s on to eny that New /'..J;,i,d. 'with her •Swiss-like seiuery, nlv. ;■ s-u; -mis, liiuuntain lakes, euow-cappfi pi-.-tks, ereen pastures, fertile soil, :unl her Imiuied people,' has charmed him the n<. t He mentions that he has purchased on !,.-liull of a syndicate of Swiss gi-iitleinc!:. -i large block of marly •'.')'{) acres of virgin '. i,,\ \, A i'ukekohe, thirty miles hMitli oi -A.s.kland, on the railway to Hamilton. It U intended to survey Jm J s,,l,aivide the !.>,.].- .-«n<l then then h;.ve itsc-ulid bv iuiiL,i.; o us farmers, chiefly Swiss. He believeu there is better scope fji- Um hanl-workiug, thrifty tillers of th« so il i n the colonies t) )ai i j u the old coontry. The new settlemei.-. j s to be called -Hehtia."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6572, 9 December 1882, Page 5
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176A SWISS SETTLEMENT AT PUKEKOHE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6572, 9 December 1882, Page 5
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