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Otago Witness, Issue 3993, 23 September 1930, Page 49

b formerly in business vLa? 1 ' rgd to a friend in New Zeaiand from Salisbury, South Rhodesia, says that lately there has been no market for many of the products grown on farms in South Africa. Even maize, which is mostly grown there, has met with a very small demand and tobacco is in the same position. He thinks that the producermust go back financially this year on 90 per cent, of the farms. In mining, also, there has been a big set-back in South Rhodesia. Mr Murie is living in Avondale, a suburb of Salisbury? H e has planted 4000 rostrata trees on his property, the idea being to sell the timber +hoi- fi n a V ?d Z ,n39do . specially well in that district. Mr Mune does not know how long it will be before he sees New Zealand again, but he hopes that the fates will permit his return some day. Something in the nature of a minor foreign invasion occurred when the Maunganui arrived at Auckland from Sydney last week. Included in the third clasi passengers were 16 Yugoslavs, seven Indians, five Chinese, three Swiss, one Italian, and an Austrian. Some strange interpretations of the English language were heard aa the representatives of six nationalities were interviewed by Customs officers while they were filling ia papers before being allowed to land.