In commenting on the late famiae atf Martin's Bay, tho Nelson Examiner Bivya '.— "Many persona will doubt whethoft tbe Government of Otago was iustiuedt in.' inducing poopio to Bettlo at such a spot as Martin's Bay, and then desert thera. in,the manner m ivbich tliese poor sufferers were left. Tho road overland to Dnnediu is long - and dangerous, and none but strong men. could possibly, make the journey, so that women and cLildrcn were abftolatcJy cut off from succour except byitta. Correfl^ndenta in.the Dunedia papers liaye been asking, jn * hcftrtlesa way, wnit claims the-settler* :aE Martin'B Bay bad upon "the Opvewment of Otago more than the early settlers of Otugo had npon the Government of New Zealand of the day •. The caaca are not paraileL"
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 3364, 16 November 1872, Page 5 (Supplement)
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