MEN OF MEANS LOOKING TO THE COLONIES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 936, 29 October 1879, Page 2

MEN OF MEANS LOOKING TO THE COLONIES.

The Home correspondence of tlie Auckland Star, writing by last mail says : — It may seem a bold thing to say, butcif only I had the land nothing would be easier than to make up a " special settlement " party of a very superior class. Numbers df men who have Saved two or three thousand pounds out of. the, wrecks of their fortunes want to emigrate, Only they don't quite know where to go or what to do. Governmant agents, lam sorry to say, are distrusted, and Very naturally too. ; The majority ; of thefce good men pile on the agony " so tremendously, and draw such liberal drafts on their imaginations that educated folks become- incredulous, and not merely incredulous, but distrusting. Any agent who would confine himself strictly to facts, and not attempt to paint the colony m absurdly rosy colours might do a good business. Emigrants naturally expect a certain amount of toil and trouble. They are cpiite prepared for it, and m ninety-nine cases out of; a hundred would not be deterred from leaving the old country, even if they knew the very worst that .could possibly befall them. The lecturer/ who eulogises the colony extravagantly -may possibly catch a few flats, but he almost always loses the very men best _ worth . having. Writinjg'bn the 'great question ol the day — agricultural depression' — '*'• The Farmer " (a journal specially demoted to the interests as its name-implies) -says : — "It is eagerly asked, whether shall the emigrant farmer* wend his way 1 There is no lack of information on the point just now, atid lie 1 that -runs may read.- i Without; wishing, jto detract from the opportunities offered -by ; other countries, it might be, supposed that Englishmen generally, would prefer being under British rule to becoming subjects of foreign potentates if equal facilities and prospects are offered' them. jCcnsideripg therefore that England possesses the greater portion of North America,' the Dominion of Canada et least affdVdfi a wide field for operations. Australia, I and especially New Zealand, offer tempting claims. Cape Colony alsb, now peace is likely to be restored and to ljust for many years, deems a desirable part of the world for intending emigrants. On (the ground of patriotism or of Belfadvahcement, then, we agree with.- a recent article m the " Globe " that emigrants will do well to turn deaf ears to the plausible representations of enterprising Yankees, and to seek for trustworthy information from some of the Crown agencies- for the Colonies." :