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Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12730, 28 February 1910, Page 1

Mr P. M'Leod, an Otago settlor who has jusfc returned fiom a tow of fcl'y world, states that while he was i:i Winnipeg 20,G0Q liarvesters passed through the town, and /they wore not nnough by any means. Only a firin^o of the grain growing region had been settled so far. The railway companion take the harvesters to tho coutnry dirtricts at a very cheap rate, and distribute the men at the centres where their services are most in demand. While many of the men return when the harvest is over, quite a number remain in thcv locality. The Bishop of Sodor and Man tolls an amusing story of a visit he oreo paid to a friend of his. At the station he found a carriage waiting for him, so he jumped in and ■closed the dorr. But the carriage did not move, and Dr. Drury sat still for some time, wondering what was amiss. At last ho put his head out of the window and asked the coachman whab he was waiting for. "Well, sff," replied the coachman, touching his hat, "I was told to wait for tho Bishop of Sodor. and Man. You've arrived,- sir ; but where is your man!'?