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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11223, 31 May 1922, Page 3

‘Why has New Zealand hit us so hard with the orange duty of 4s a case, which nas set back our export trade to you?” asks Mr D. Radclyffe, a New Zealander is now settled at Merbein, in thfe Mildura district, Victoria, in a letter to a friend. “This year we are going to try Covent Garden with 40,000 cases. You evidently do not like oranges grown by ‘dinkum diggers/ '* Mr Radclyffe says the sol-dier-settlement at Miidura is the largest in the world, and when it is completed will settle about 1500 men, there being over 1000 there already. He suggests that a small deputation from -the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association should visit Mildura to see the progress being made.

An amusing story that is going the rounds of Patutahi (near Gisborne) illustrates that stolen fruit may sometimes prove very costly. It is stated that some time back some young men hired a gig in town, and on. reaching a well-loaded orchard in that district, went inside to admire its portable content* _ But the owner became aware of their unwelcome presence on his property and sent his son on a roundabout journey, which resulted in the horse being detached from the vehicle and placed in custody at the haok of the homestead'. Then the fruitgrower and his son sallied forth into the orchard to interview the visitors, all but one of whom fled precipitately. The upshot, it is understood, was that the unlawful intruders, rather than face publicity, decided to atone for their misbehaviour by making a handsome cash donation to a charitable institution.

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