Mr. A. J. Mundella, one of the members for Sheffield, is a colonist at heart. The other day he presided at ameetingof the Sheffield Trades Council on behalf of the agricultural laborers, and, speaking of emigatioa, ho said they could not blame, they ought rather to honor, the men who left their miserable hovels, who left want and privation, who shook the dust oil their feet and sought a homo in New Zealand or Australia, where 7s. or Bs. a day awaited them ; where there were no harsh land laws, no privileged classes—where every man could hope to and did become his own master on his own farm. He urged that the whole question should be submitted to arbitration, .and so long as the dispute lasted he hoped the trades of the town would lielp the men,
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4149, 8 July 1874, Page 3
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