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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 79, 22 July 1876, Page 3

AT MAY HAPPEN TO A LITE\3X MAN m NEW ZEALAKD. Rio "Ouelong Advertiser" publishes fftilUiwi-P!? »-ttract- from a tetter written i -nrirnuj' well known on the Gee tofts l-i 'n i r-ii.'-'tit of that town, dated : r ',"!i.!nil, Mn,y 2iftui:—•"! promised is ! i,o. <:.-.-i,)iiijj that when I had an wriur . I R.-i'-uld write to yora, and .'ir-i:i:■:.- ■• now my intention toil,' S;■:■.■!• .-v ;i;:rivai at Port Chalmers. »;'..•!• ii.1.1 Uwi a somewhat chequered ; dull, dismal clouds towering, bat I lime the brilliant sttn larks behind. milin, the commercial metropolis of t iitmland, proved a disappointment ; hum belonged to a charmed circle : it tlte exclusive property of a Preaa k and there was no opening, not ;<llimt of a loop-hole, for a Vic»n interloper like me. 1 sought , )r employment—behind the eoun!iiml the bar—bub was doomed to toointment. One of the reliable (J) na of public opinion trumped forth the ! hj» of * labour agent, and declared : « was lots of work for those who would >t themselves to circumstances. I paid fou, and hung about the' stepst of the it'u ottiuH until my toes were cramped my patience exhausted. A few day* vo Xnms, with hatf-a-crown —-thf* re<w of niy ample fortune— I started on wallaby track. I deposited my tnemwWad bell-tupper under a manuka tree, iilmiud my paper collar, and dressed !«lf as a new chum. For about a week wmnteml the most delightful priva- » imaginable ! Travelling on scant anil roosting at night where'er I could slu'ltw. An the end of that period—»f the happiest in nty life—l found «'lf over a hundred miles on my way, I pluco called Papakait, with a skinned « and blistered toes, and my elasticto worn to tile verge of desperatiou. Miud for employment, and two days pvanls commenced a brief career with *iuul shovel on the Awamofe© railway. Ml you. all my experiences in my new pity would be a long, even if inter- }% tale. Y<nt wiQ probably conceive N nf my pleasure", how I manufactured *M 'oiland patent blisters, f boarded h hotel anil slept in the ' dead-house/ F« tit.tt.Mt up with bunks, just a* on pof t(/ s{ B | Wno1? ; . „ „ fVr some P Uuive been engaged with a survey r)'. and I am just "beginning to get on f ll 's's, and save a little money. I never N better health or condition ; bat, as r\l am not at all contented. I have r l( «;-mse, travelling on the average TO miles daily over rough ground and There are three of ns and ['p\ We live wetl, and have lots of F'Uir! By-and-bye 1 suppose I shall Some of these odd I ' I will write you more fully. and give 11 ''utter account of this- highly-taxed country."

'"' " Auckland Star " says that news has J" fe'-Bivwl by the English mail that trod u,l! '"' , 'l who Utely etoped with the Countess v ylw.*fov(l % while the latter*» hrtstand was 1 * l >«- with the Princu of Wales, intend* '"'S U P His abode in, s e w Zealand under -■""" tali name.