NEW ZEALAND.
{TIMES' SPECIAL WIRE.] AUCKLAND. [SPBOIAI/.] . Jan. 13. /' Everywhere complaints are being made ir •tthe country districts of the Bcaroity of la /tourers and the high price paid for road con / >tractß, &c. Men cannot bo had, and immi f t grants who have been brought and othoi
worthy workers have all purchased small farms, and arq now employers of labour instead of suppliers of the same. Rain has fallen between yesterday and this afternoon, with occasional intermission, and has continued since. The barometer has benn falling slowly for some days, and there is every appearance of wet weather. It is much needed, for between drought and intense heat the pastures are burnt up, and grain generally found to be shrivelled. The yacht Zodiac ha 3 been missing a week. She went out fishing with one day's provisions, with the following crew : — Mr Fred Matson and two boys, Quinn and Healey. Considerable anxiety is felt, and boats arc oxit searching.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 3359, 14 January 1879, Page 3
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161NEW ZEALAND. Star (Christchurch), Issue 3359, 14 January 1879, Page 3
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