COST OF LIVING IN NEW ZEALAND AND IN ENGLAND.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XX, Issue 1181, 3 April 1872, Page 3

COST OF LIVING IN NEW ZEALAND AND IN ENGLAND.

The following letter from Mr. B. Chilman, wqb published in the Colonial News; of Ist December : — . " Sia, — In a former letter which you were good enough to insert, I pointed out two articles of food — salt beef and butter — that I thought might be advantageouß<y exported from New Plymouth, New Zealand, to England, to the benefit, of both cjoiintriee ; but the prodoctiou of whioh required capital and skilled labour. Both these are iv abundance in England, und are the two things needed, especially in New Plymouth (the Province with whioh I am most intimately aoquainted), to develop its manifold resources. I wish now to draw attention to a question of interest to a large number here — the comparative cost of living in England and in New Zealand ; and would premise that my remarks apply to New Plymouth, where I hare lired for thirty years. " During my short stay here*, the great difference in the cost of living in the two countries has struck me forcibly, not only from my own observations, but from the remarks of my friends, and notably from two or three who' formerly lived in New Zealand, but have resided for the last few years in England ; and who complain that the expenses of living have so increased during that time, that they contemplate returning to the Colony. The income that they formerly focDd ample, is now bareiy sufficient to enable them to live here in comfort. " My reply to many enquiries on the subject of emigrating to New Zealand has invariably been, 'If you are doing well in England, remain.' A colonial life would not suit all -persons. There are many things that we have, .learned to do without, that have become almost necessaries in the present artificial life in England — and per. haps the dnll life we lead would be irksome to those who have been used to -the excitement of London life. But to those «ho find life a constant straggle, particularly to people who have a fixed limited income, not dependent upon their own exertions — who are living upon their means, and find this every year becoming a more difficult cask — New Plymouth does offer deoided beuefits. They would be removed from the constant anxiety of striving to make ibeir incomes sufficient for their wants ; and in return for tho -sacrifice of some comforts to whioh English life has accustomed them, and some inconveniences incidental to which they would soon learn to conform, they won Id be reliered from ihe wearing anxiety tbey now endute. Some energy is needed to make this change — sotna sacrifice in parting with old frieuds, and going amongst strangers ; bat the (substantial benefits that will foiiow, amply compensaie. " The difference in the cost of living in the two countries is obviooa. With the best beef and mutton from 3d. to sd. per lb., butter from 6d. to Is. per lb., according to the season ; rent from £10 to £30 a year, according to the size of tbe house, and the land attached, and no direct rates or taxes ; any person can make his own calculations. Land can be bought from £20 an acre within the limits of the town, and at £2 within three miles; so that, with a little money, a person can afford the comfort of living upon and improving his own property. -• " Ie is but fair that I should mention some .of tbe inconveniences that have to be submitted to in colonial bouses. There is no gas laid on, as here, in nearly every room ; no water and other conveniences so generally met with. We have good plain schools for both sexes, and, though a classical education is not obtainable' for boys in New Plymouth, those parents who desire it, and oan afford to do so, can send their children to Nelson aud Otago ; where there are greater educational advantages. Our girls obtain a good sound education, in which music takes a prominent part ; and to compensate for tho want, perhaps, of some modern accomplishments, they are brought up to make good domestic wives, fitted to be helpmates for their husbands, and to adoru the drawing-room. " I will conclude with an account of the social aspect of Now Plymouth, from a correspondent of the Otago Daily Times whose account I prefer giving to anything I could say :—: — " New Plymouth is a small, and, to visitors, n dull place, but manages to enjoy itself in a genial, wholesome fashion. The amusements of the settlers are few, it is true — reading, gardening, and talking politics. The people are great politicians here, and a large number, for the size of the place, actually read the ' Hansard' through every session. Thero is a Philharmonic Society, which occupies the musical portion of the community ; but the most agreeable amusement is to be found in the social intercourse that is carried ou in this community. True hospitality is found amongst the sottl rs in this Province. Let a stranger come on a visit to a friend, and he is treated in the same hospitable manner that was common in the Colonies before the gold-fields were discovered, bat which does not exist in most places at the present day. The place may he many j'ears behind the age — it may bo ' slow' —-it may be dull — but one who wishes for a tines climate, homely, domestic pleasures, and an easy and quiet life, cannot fix npon a better spot to live in than Tavauaki." B. Chilma*. London, November 20th, 1871.

A Judge Puzzled.— A private letter in the Otago Daily Times speaks thas of the Resident Magistrate of Auckland :—": — " Gaptaiu Beokbam is a queer card — pompous and highly amusiug. He got puzzled yesterday over a calculation of six times 88, but came to the conclusion after many trials that it was over 400." A ' Novel' wat of Libei.mno a Firm. — In the Court ot Queen's Bench, on the 20. h November, an application was made on behalf of Mr. Irwin, solicitor, Grays-inn, for ft rule, calling upon Mr. Alfred Bate Richards, barrister to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him for libel, contained in a three-volume novel written by Mr. Riohards, called So Very Human, and published by Messrs. Chapman and" Hall. Mr. Irwin was formerly in partnership with Mr. Taylor, in Verulnm Buildiugg, and afterwards removed to Gray's iunsquare. They were the solicitor! to Mr. lliohard'B father, who was a ' bop-merchant in the Borough. The general scope of the novel, it was stated, was to represent that the defendant, in the person of the hero of the story, had been in various ways the victim of an attorney named Girwin, who was desoribed as a member of the firm of Messrs. Girwin and Naylor, of •• Virulence Buildinps," and afterwards of " Bay'a-inn-square." Thecharacters and names of the personages in the novel were, it was alleged, such that it was impossible for any one who knew the parties not to identify them immediately, and Mr, Irwin was, under the fictitious name of Girwin charged with being guilty of fraud, malpractices, subornation of evidence, and other serious offences. A rule niei was granted. Messrs. Chapman and Hall, the publishers of the above work, have stated that had they known the book in question nlluded to living characters they would not have undertaken the publishing of it.

. ■; -Cot/ONEI, WhITMOBK AND THE WaNBAKUI Cotf- - Case.— This case haviog , been ad- - journe'd for Mr. Roberts opinion as to the . advisability : of 'issuing a- fresh warrant to compel Colonel Whit more to attend, the learned oonnsel said he had carefully considered the circumstances of the case, and thonght there could be no objection to ■ the issuing of a fresh warrant. The first warrant had ■ been rendered useless through tbe admitted error of the Napier Resident Magistrate, but the original wrong had not been expunged. He thought that a warrant could not be issued upon the old information, but that a fresh one would have to be laid. Mr. ■ Roberts said hu would take this opportunity to 'slate, thai, be believed Colonel Wbitmore was 'tiding all in bis power to evade appearing before • the Commission. Iv his letters, he had denied several statements made on oath by the witneaseViShat have had already been examined, (and therefore it was most necessary that he should be examined to see whether perjury or not had been committed. The learned counsel would submit that the commission should obtain the permission of Inspector Atoheaon, and have a constable sent with the warrant. The Commissioners said, while wishing to give Mr. Roberts every assistance, they had not the powtr to send a ooustable to arrest Colonel Whitmore, but they lrnd uo objection to recommend to Inspector Atobeson, that snch a course would be The matter was more in the hands of -the Justice who had signed the warrant. Sergeant Reid wished to know how the expenses > of a Constable sent to Napier wonld be paid.The Commissioners informed him that the expenses wonld be certified by them, and paid by the Government. Mr. Roberts said tbe constable sent with the warrant would have to execute it as he had had no power to use his discretion, whether the Colonel was ill or not. — Wauganui Herald. , Curb fob Red Noses. — Electricity has achieved a hew triumph. Already employed to restore vigour and uimblenesg to the gouty limbs of de- ' crdpid bon vivants, tbe recent discoveries of Dr. Beriner, a French physician, show eleotrioity to be an efficient remedy for the evil effects of excfe's'ei^e 1 drinking on the human nose. The doctor maintainsthat by application of an electric cur- • rent to noses even of the most Bacchic hue, tbe : flesh I may, .be made " to come again as the flesh of a little. child," and supports his assertion by a case performed on a female patient of his own, a woman of high rank. MARAVILLA COCOA.— No breakfast table is complete tintlumt this delicious beverage.— -The Olobe says, " Various importers and manufacturers have attempted to attain a reputation for their prepared Cocoas, but we doubt whether auy thorough Buccess had been achieved until Messrs. -Taylor Brothers discovered tbe extraordinary qualities, of ' Maravilla' Cocoa. Adapting their perfect system of preparation to this finest of an BDeci«s of the Theobrotna, they have produced all articje'Wliicli supersedes every other Cocoa in the ' marliet:-'. Entire solubility, a delicate aroma, and a rare concentration .of the purest elements of nutrition, distinguish the Maravilla Cocoa above all otbefs. ; For homoeopaths and invalids we could not recommend a more agreeable or valuable beverage." 1 Sold in packets only by all Grocers, of whom also may be had Taylor Brothers' Original Homoeopathic Cocoa and Soluble Chocolate. Steam Mills, Brick Lane, London. Export Chicory Mills, Bruges, Belgium.