More Of Life “Down Under”
From County 4-H Exchangee
After the work is all done
there is plenty of time for all
kinds of sports, including fish
ing and hunting. I had a try at
Wild pig hunting one Sunday
afternoon. This proved to be a
gieat sport. We started tramp
ing up over the hills with three
dogs and two guns, myself and
the camera. We saw quite a
few tracks but couldn’t come
across any wild pigs until we
were ready to give up and start
home. Then we heard the dogs
bark. We listened and sure en
ough we heard a sow and her
young ones in the bush. I look
ed around to see what I should
do and found myself standing
alone. The other two with guns
were in the bush after the sow.
I got all kind of scares and
wasn’t quite sure if I should go
in after them or run to the
nearest tree.
In the meantime the sow was
coming In my direction by the
sound of her grunting, so I
just froze in my tracks and hop
ed the other guys would shoot.
They did but missed and scared
them off. I’m hoping for ano
ther chance to go and bring
home a set of tusks. There are
also plenty of deer and rabbits.
These animate were all impor
ted at one-time and now. they
are classed as a menance, be
cause they do quite a bit of da
mage especialy- the rabbit be
cause he multiplies so fast. The
government is trying to poison
the rabbit and deer to get rid
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few people cross because it is
taken out of tax money and the
people would like to attract
tourists to come into the coun
try to go hunting and fishing.
Instead the people are taxed
and the government employs
people to shoot and poison the
deer and rabbits..
This is also the time of year
when they are having their Ag
ricultural and Pastoral show,
about the same as our farm
show. The only thing that 1
could find to be- different is that
they have red ribbons for first
prize and blue for second. They
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do however have more sheep
than beef or dairy cattle at th
eir shows. One thing I thought
was rather Interesting was th
eir sheep shearing competition
where each “Young Farmers
Club” would have a team of
four shearing and grading the
wool. The top team in each dis
trict would compete against
the next until the finals would
be picked and sent to Austral
ia. I also found that they have
side shows which they call
“Mugs Alley”. They are very
much like ours except you sp
end Pounds, shillings and pen
ce instead of the dollars like
we do back home. Their Pound
is worth $2.80 their Shilling is
worth 12 and the pence is
worth one cent. It was a bit
awkward to get used to at first
but I’m getting along fine.
I found their standard of liv
ing is very high in some res
pects. The average laborer ma
kes about $6O to $7O a week
and the girl makes about $25
to $3O. The clothes are very
expensive and are mostly im
ported from Gieat Britian sc)
it isn’t unusual to find the girls
making their own dresses. The
young fellow has, quite a dif
ficult time in buying a car so
he does quite a bit of courting
on the motorcycle until he gets
engaged. Then if he is lucky
he can buy a good second hand
car which is usually 20 years
old. Its quite common to see an
old Model A which is in good
running order. Since New Zeal?
and doesn’t have any car man
ufacturers it is quite expensive
to buy a car from overseas. If
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they have over seas funds they
can get a new car sooner be
cause this way they aren’t us
ing the New Zealand currency
and New Zealand is trying to
keep their money in the count
ry.
It might be interesting to
know that if a person has an
American made car he is con
sidered to be a well-to-do per-,
son. The latest model American
car I saw was a 19 60 Chevy.
The other two most popular
cars are the Ford and Plym
outh. They all have the steel
ing wheel on the opposite side
of the car than what I’m used
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to at home. The people think
the American products are qui
te good and would like to buy
and sell more to the USA. The
people feel that they will be
dealing more with the USA in
the future because of the fact
that Britain is joinging the co
mmonmarket In order to do
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t o weaken our Tariff
laws and buy more of
their products, so that
they can buy our manufactur
ed goods It might be interest
ing to know that the price of
a Ford Fairlane is about $5OOO
and if they can buy it new and
sell it at the end of the year
they can get about $5OO more
foi it. A 1948 Ford would sell
for about $lOOO It isn’t at all
strange to see a car with 200, t
000 miles on the speedometer
to be wired together a bit at
places but in good running or
der.
Their weights and measures
are also quite different.
They have what is called the
imperial gallon which is one
gallon and a quart. The price
of their gasoline is about 420
for straight gasoline. It figur
es out to be a bit more expen
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