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South Canterbury Times, Issue 6383, 26 November 1890, Page 3

i An economist at the late British Aseocia- , tion, in dealing with the statistics of paupeii j ism in England, said there are paupers enough j in England to form a procession four deep and over a hundred miles long ! Yet there I are not so many as there were 50 years ago, | In 1883 nearly 8£ millions sterling was spent jin poor relief. Kis opinion was that no wage j under 143 a week was adequate to provide the most economical labourer and bis family with proper food, and he was of opinion that if the wage were loss, sooner or later the parish would have to come to his aid. It was no wonder that agricultural labourers left counties like Dorset, Essex, Wilts, Norfolk and Suffolk, considering that the maximum wage did not run above 12s 6d. A bout the middle of July last year, Mr Benjamin Nelson Bowden, son of the Eer T. A. Bowden, Nelson, mysteriously disappeared from Fiehmond Park run, Karaka district, Auckland. Notwithstanding an exhaustive search by the police and the settlers, nothing has ever been elicited to throw light on the four questions propounded —Had he been murdered ? Had he committed suicide ? Had ha met with a fatal accident ? Had he purposely but secretly left the district ? The relatives have just printed a pamphlet in which they recount all the circumstances of the mysterious affair in the hope that anyone perusing it may forward any information they may have subsequently gathered, and which they think may assist in throwing light upon the mystery, A reward of £5, it is stated, will be paid to the first person who shall make known with certainty the fate of Mr B. N, Bowden, whether he bo at the present time dead or alivej £5 will be paid if the infor- 1 mation supplied should ultimately lead to the conviction of any individual for violence done to his person, whilst in the less probable event of his forcible and involuntary detention, £2OO will t bo paid to anyone who will return him safe and sound to his parents’ home, and furnish evidence that shall lead to the conviction of the offender or offenders.

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