A Significant Fact.
it is a signified 1 fact that during the month of May 920 vercons arrived iu the colouy aud 12°' 'ftrsous left it. This sort of thing ! . aired before, so that the population e. . v colony is certainly not at present increasing from outside sources. NevertnMess, the colony isn’t exactly going back. The colonists are raising a new and vigorous population amongst themselves. The number of birth' "?ep up wonderfully an I from that source population does steadily increase. But there is a drawback to this. It will be a long time before “ those blessed babies ” who so abundantly came into the world out here, will be fit to do much iiOwards the '°velopmeut aud advancement of the colony. They will be “ con--1 v „'b ” for a good few years before they .0 .ope into “ producers.”
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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2083, 22 June 1887, Page 2
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139A Significant Fact. Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2083, 22 June 1887, Page 2
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